February 24, 2016 ~ Spring Is on Its Way

Spring Is on Its Way ~ Daffodils

Paper Paint, Pencils, and Pens ~  Bi-Weekly Art Prompt ~ Flowers

My favorite little flowers in spring are my daffodils and because of the warm weather this week they are popping their greenery out of the soil. I have them in all shades of yellow and in all sizes. I’ll go out with my scissors to cut them to bring in the house, and then feel guilty for cutting them. This is my first attempt at trying to capture them on paper and to get the trumpet tops to look like they are above the petals. You can see where I did have some difficulty bleeding the colors, but I hope that will improve sooner than later.  The picture is done with watercolor pencils and light pencil sketching.

Daily Photo - Wet Lace

How I managed to take this shot I do not know.  I like it so much I am going to actually print it out and hang it in my classroom.  Somehow I got sharpness, blur, light, dark, water droplets from the rain which were coming down lightly, and translucency.  This one is a miracle in my book.  I think it is so pretty with its faded lavender/pink along side the vibrant greens of the leaves. It’s so dainty and feminine.  This happens to be a very invasive bush not too far from the front porch.  It keeps trying to take over my herb garden which does not make Mother happy. I’m constantly cutting it back and wanted it GONE until today!!! Now I have an entirely new opinion of its blooms and think I will keep out of respect for the gift it gave me today.