I'm not sure if there actually are purple and orange Irises, but today there are! Better get one while you can.
Original is 9"x12" watercolor on 300gsm paper.
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A little different subject, but one I was involved with 100%. I baked the biscuits. I photographed them. I ate them. And now, I painted them. While I can't serve them to you, I can share them below.
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A million years ago, or maybe 25ish, before I had kids, I loved to paint. Watercolors my main choice, though I was eager to play more with acrylics as well, I happily painted "plein air", which basically means outside (plain air), on location. And then, as newly married young people do, I started having kids. And I never painted again. Until this summer. I missed watercolor and decided now was the time. I've been going to our wonderful Wenatchee parks on lunch breaks and weekends and happily playing with techniques and enjoying the pure joy of pushing pigment across paper. If you read my blog, you're in on the ground floor, so to speak, as you can watch my work progress (hopefully for the better.) If you've ever wanted to try watercolor, don't do as I did and let life get in the way. Start now. Life is what you do now, not what you used to do or will do "some day."
We're in the middle of one of those times when everything seems harder than it should be. Everyone is, or has been, or continues to be, sick: lingering coughs, fevers, headaches, sinus pain, vertigo, nausea and emergency room visits. Add to this canceled vacations, too little remaining sick leave, frequent school absences and missed work and you have a recipe for nothing good. In the midst of all this, there is still plenty of good to be found. Beautiful weather, beds to sleep in, cars to drive, money for necessities, good general health (what we have going on now is temporary), supportive coworkers, good jobs and family who loves us and whom we love and can always count on when necessary. Good to remember that almost without exception, it can always be worse and it will always get better.
Mixed media, 20x20