Hey Dear Friends, Hope you are enjoying this wonderful weather as much as I am. I have been outside painting every day. And yesterday I went with the DLP's to Va Western Comm. College on Colonial Ave. to paint in their fab Arboretum. They have so many gorgeous trees and perennials, I believe I could stay there for a week and never finish.
I thought I was almost finished with my piece until I looked at it hours later when I got home!
The beautiful yellow azalea just looked out of place( I usually try to put everything in my view in a painting). It is almost always better to do a lot of simplifying for a stronger composition.
Here is the final version. I removed the yellow and changed the bench and made the pink Rhodie bigger. I like it much better.
I will be at 2nd Helping's Gallery tomorrow, the 12th. The DLP's have a new show hanging and the reception is from 1-3pm. I will be painting a landscape and you may enjoy watching a piece in progress. I always love to watch other artists paint. Hope to see you at the reception tomorrow.
HAPPY TRAILS
