Getting it Right: A Series of Changes to an 8 x 10" Tulip Painting

There's not much I can say about this except that I thought the painting was a bit darker and duller than I wanted it to be so I Thought about ways to brighten it up.

I wanted to be sure to stick to flowers that I grow in my garden so I decided to add daisies. Here I'm deciding where I want to place them.

I liked it better with the tulips but began to think they'd thrown off the balance.

I felt more changes needed to be made so I decided to pull my garden photos from spring and summer and add some lily of the valley to it.

It made it more interesting but I felt that I'd added too many blossoms, too close together but was afraid to tamper with it further right now.

I'm trying it under different lighting conditions and living with it a while before I make any more decisions on it.

Adding Carnations to the Tulip Painting

There's still a lot of work to do but I kind of like my plan to paint all of the fresh flowers I get into this painting until it's a nice, full bouquet.

Laying the real flowers next to where I'm working helps me focus on the shapes and shading of the petals.

I can't wait to get back to my brushes!

Decorate with crochet and paint

I had made this patchwork and hand quilted pillow back in 1988. It looked a little sad on the chair that I have now so I decided to crochet arm covers to lighten the look and make it look better.

I'm down to just one of the live tulips to work with so I'm hoping to finish painting those today.

I changed the tulips and the leaves today and will be moving on to other areas of the painting tomorrow.

I didn't have a pattern for this so I just kept holding it up to the chair to see how big it needed to be.I'm using regular yarn and a size I hook. I like the look and it brightens things up in here.

Today's changes to the tulip painting