Thank you so much GaTech, you are so kind and I especially loved to hear about your grandmother's roses. Mine (and my great grandmother, in fact) had beautiful rose bushes, those big fragrant ones as well, you know I never thought about this before but maybe that's why I love to paint them the most? Maybe they remind me of time spent somewhere I loved.GaTechGal wrote:Just LOVE the rose painting Bru. Makes me think of my Grandmother's house. She used to grow those wonderful Old Fashioned roses that were huge and smelled so wonderful. Thanks for the memory.
And I love your description of seeing Main Street and the Castle. THAT'S a picture I'd really like to see you paint.
Hugs.
I'm glad I helped you remember something special and I have to thank you so much for telling me. A few days ago it was the fifth anniversary of my grandmother's passing (she was the mother of my heart, I absolutely adored her) and it never gets easier, but five years is a major milestone in my mind- and hearing your sweet memory certainly made me smile and think of happy times.
Thank you ((((hugs)))))
I painted some more roses but these are different from anything I've ever done because of the absence of color...it's up on the blog now too.
I like it, I think I may try to use this technique again sometime...
(I'd love to paint Mainstreet but I just don't think I could do it justice)
Oh, and I painted a representation of what a city street looks like to me at night and forgot to scan it in...give me a few and I'll put it up there too. It's quite confusing I'm told, but it's what I see without my corrective devices and always will.
I'm still working on the color palette for that sunset, Hobie. I haven't got it quite right yet...I think I need a few more shades of blue I'm out of Ultramarine to start with when mixing and nothing else is turning out right.
xoxo
bru
