Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! With an extra 2 early mornings this week, Among Friends is coming to completion. This will be the last wip for this painting I think and the next post will see it done

Moving smartly along. Not too much to report Still painting lots of green leaves and still enjoying it very much. (Although I think my next painting needs some RED in it!) I’m getting close to the end now though, and soon I will have to start thinking about my next painting. I’ve got a large [...]

Wow 10 weeks I have been working on this painting! I thought I might get bored making one this big (which is why I bought that five foot panel – lol), but I’m really enjoying it. The little details, the way the shapes weave in and out of each other, the little peeks of the [...]

The next installment. Many green leaves and some trunks and blue sky.

I’ve changed the title of this painting from ’3 Birches’ to ‘Among Friends’. Sometimes when I’m working on a painting the utilitarian title I start with (I’ve got to call it something!) just doesn’t fit anymore. I’ve been thinking about that in regards to this painting for a few weeks. To me this is a [...]

The third trunk is coming into being in this session. I can now see the balance of the 3 verticals within the shifting green of the leaves…

Moving along on this painting. More green leaves It’s a lot of little pieces coming together. I can’t wait to see the finish – already I can get lost amongst the leaves, trunks and sky…

Got a bit more done this session. As you can see I’m filling in the leaves It’s really starting to take shape and I can imagine the final painting with the sunlight, the sky and the 3 birches all of a piece.

Here’s the next session’s work. Lots of green leaves with sparkling sunlight and a couple of smaller branches peeking through. I’m using a very limited palette for this painting and it’s amazing just how many greens I’m making – warm yellow and orange-y greens and blue and turquoise greens too.