I brought over 6 canvases--four 24x24 and two 18x24.
We looked at the photos I took of my garden, as starting point for "inspiration" and compositional ideas. The idea is to focus on a color palette for each painting and stick to an "intent".
I mixed 3 different washes of greens and used 3 different sized brushes. Then I splattered, dripped, scraped and wiped, trying to vary the strokes as much as possible.
After some drying time, I worked on four of the canvases, leaving 2 to dry more so I could take them home to work on.
I decided that one would be inspired by the purple/violet leaves of BEETS.
The second one would be inspired by the pink/red stems of my CHARD.
The third one would have the apricot/rose colors of my SNAP DRAGON.
And the last one would be based on the purple/lilac colors or my FOXGLOVE.
Photos of the 18x24 should be vertical (use your imagination!)
For the 2 canvases that I brought home, I decided they would be inspired by my front garden plantings.
One is based on my yellow striped Hakonechloa grass, variegated geranium (chartreuse and burgundy) and Ajuga muscari (purple leaves with blue spikes)
The other is based on my wild irises (purple) and red maple.
This is Stage 1. They are looking garden-y, which is my intent, but I also want to keep them very abstract.
