life process

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I was so inspired by the photo of these lovely wine red hellebores that, after painting them in watercolour for my last post, I decided to paint them again in oil. It was nice to paint the watercolour first then spring off in a slightly different direction for the oil. I think it encouraged a looser oil painting. Such pretty flowers.

Happy Easter Weekend Y'all!

sides painted

purple hellebores

5x7" original watercolour painting with 8x10" acid-free mat

Well, it was back to watercolour for these lovely flowers. This week's challenge, with a paint group I belong to, was "the emergence of spring". A fellow artist provided a lovely photo of cute little hellebores. I tried to incorporate the many layers of earth and leaves around these wine purple beauties.