Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Catch Up Time

I'm so bad at updating this blog, sorry everyone, I promise to try harder!

Since the cosmic poppies I've done some pure watercolour but I've also been inspired to try something new. 

First the pure watercolour, Birthday Lilies seemed like a battle when I was working on it but turned out well in the end.
Birthday Lilies
15" x 11"

Then I had a couple of absolute disasters which I won't torture you with, they really were terrible!  I discovered the blog of an old friend, Emily Lagore, who has inspired me to try altered books/journalling, but I had to get materials before I could start so no progress on that beyond the shopping :D

More in my next post!

10 comments:

Studio at the Farm said...

Love the colors and shapes in this painting, Ruth.

renate said...

Hello Ruth:) Your lillies are just perfect. I love your loose style.
Disasters we all have. It's part of the game!

Emily Lagore said...

Ruth!! gorgeous shadows and highlights on those lilies! can't wait to see what you've done with your books....

AtelierBrigitte said...

Just amazing!

Anonymous said...

You're brilliant in your Art. Don't sweat that you've not been updating your blog often. :) Just keep posting though. Cause your followers would be devastated if you stopped all together

ondedacqua said...

complimenti bellissimo acquerello.
ciao gloria

Debbie Nolan said...

Ruth your lilies are lovely. Thanks for sharing - disasters help us grow - hope all turned out well.

Debbie Nolan said...

Ruth your lilies are lovely. Thanks for sharing - disasters help us grow - hope all turned out well.

Krista Hasson said...

Ruth,
I cant imagine any of your work turning out terrible. These lilies are beautiful and your poppies are stunning, thanks for the step by step.

Unknown said...

I truly appreciate all of these lovely comments, thank you everyone!

I'm sure everyone who paints has failures where things just don't work. I'm learning that I have to think and plan far more because the paintings which fail are usually the ones I started just because I wanted to paint. Impatience is my enemy!