Giant Zinnias

 

ANY time spent painting a garden is time well spent!  The Monday Morning Watercolorists met at the Anita Gorman Discovery Center for our weekly paintout, and I knew I wanted my oils for this place.  Without even scouting the grounds, I landed at the zinnias in the front community garden beds - along with two artist friends.  Its so fun to use thick, bold color right out of the tube on those petals - they almost seem to pop off the panel!  I find so much inspiration in a garden, and this one was a joyful paint - even though the hot dry weather is showing a bit on the leaves!  These blooms will go out in a blaze of glory, and are now immortalized on my panel. Painting number 4353 in 4353 days. 

Autumn Path

The weekly painting venue for the Monday Morning Watercolorists was the Anita Gorman Discovery Center in Kansas City, and it was full of autumn color!  I was so happy to see the vibrant colors as I neared the city - we only have the first shades my way.  I arrived early because I had to sandwich this paint in between running club and a meeting.  What a great day for painting!  70 degrees and sunny is perfect in my book - and I would love to have this weather all winter long! I should have checked my palette to see how fresh my paint was, because some of those little paint worms were dried up!  I keep this in the freezer, and it was too hard to tell when I first pulled it out.  So, tomorrow I must freshen up that palette - or it's likely to happen again! Painting number 3216 in 3216 days.