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Thursday, October 27, 2011

Painting Fall Sunflowers

Welcome. I am so happy that you stopped by. My garden gate is always open for you to come in an sit and relax with a cup of tea while I share with y0u the inspirations for my art. I just made pumpkin spice bread and would love for you to have a piece with y0ur tea.



The Sunflowers are in full bloom and I want to paint them. Let's join Bentley, my Studio Assistant, in the garden to look for inspiration.



We are having beautiful Fall weather in Southern California and I want to paint outside. My neighbors Sunflowers are lovely and are peeking over the fence - the sky is blue without a cloud in sight and it is a glorious day.



Finding Inspiration . . . . . .





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"May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us." Psalm 67:1







My easel is set up in the garden and I am painting and enjoying the day.

The Fall days are short and the sun is going down and I will have to finish my painting another day. I will show you the completed painting when I finish. The vase will end up blue and white . I decided to add Fall pears instead of the pumpkins. Until next time -- have a lovely day.



Thank you for stopping by. I love hearing from you and sincerely appreciate your visits, e-mails, comments and those who follow my blog. Please let me know if you have any questions or would like to see me paint something special.




Have a lovely week. Blessings, Erin

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Fall Tour of Roger's Gardens

Welcome. I am so happy that you stopped by. Today Bentley, My Studio Assistant, and are going to take you on our annual Autum garden tour of Rogers Gardens located in Newport Beach, California. The gardens are on 5 acres divided into outdoor gardens, art gallery, gift gallery, florist, outdoor furniture and gormet foods.








































All kinds of grasses.






Pansey plants in beautiful fall colors.










Fall Zinnias.






Beautiful living wreaths .










Love the heart planters.















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The garden is filled with beautiful water elements.























































"In the day you will make your plant to grow". Isaiah 17:11









Thank you for stopping by. I love hearing from you and sincerely appreciate your visits, e-mails, comments and those who of y0u who follow my blog. Please let me know if you have any questions or would like to see me paint something special.










I will be taking off a little time to spend with my family and will be back on October 28th.

Have a lovely week. Blessings, Erin








Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Let's Paint A Scarecrow Together

Welcome. I am so happy that you stopped by. My garden gate is always open for you to come in and sit and relax with a cup of Apple Spice tea while I share with you the inspirations for you to paint your own Scarecrow Welcome sign for your front door or picket fence.


My Scarecrow painting posts have been some of the most googled and viewed of my Fall posts and I thought it would be fun for us to revisit two of them.



Let's join my Studio Assistant, in the garden to look for inspiration.




Finding inspiration . . . . . the Mums have been planted.

Here . . . . the pumpkins have been harvested.





Few things are as endearing and represent the image of the harvest season as well as the scarecrow.



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Everywhere . . . . .



This adorable grouping belongs to one of my neighbors. Don't you love the "Tin Man" with the "Scarecrow".





Scarecrows have been used for centuries - literally to scare away the Crows during harvest
without harming them.






"The Lord will indeed give what is good, and our land will yield its harvest." Psalm 85:12





Now that we have our Fall and Scarecrow inspirations - let's get started painting.

I have provided two different repeated drawings for you to copy. You can paint your sign on a wooden board that can be purchased in lots of sizes from most craft stores - or paint the sign on a canvas that can be purchased from most craft stores.


Base coat your canvas or board in a color of your choice and them draw the scarecrow. I use water based acrylic paints.



Next paint your scarecrow in the colors of your choice - painting is as simple as coloring in a coloring book - if you make a mistake with acrylic - you can immediately wipe off the paint with a damp cloth and start all over again. Fill in all of your colors first - painting from dark to light. After you have painted your scarecrow you can add some light highlights to finish the painting.


The painting below has been highlighted with lighter colors to add a finished look. An example of highlighting is adding a little white to the black on the hat to indicate light and adding touches of white to the orange on the painting - this will give you a more natural look.

Below is another repeated version of a scarecrow that you can copy.








Another example of highlighting is adding some yellow to the brown straw hair and lighter brown mixed with yellow to the top of the hat. Good luck and have fun with your painting.



Thank you for stopping by. I love hearing from you and sincerely appreciate your
visits, e-mails,comments,and those of you who are following my blog. Please let me know if you have any questions or would like to see me paint something special.

Have a lovely week. Blessings, Erin