Painting Lilacs

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 tea while I share with you the inspirations for my art.  The sky is blue, the birds are chirping and it is a glorious day to be in the garden in Southern California.  Let's join Bentley, My Studio and Garden Assistant, in the garden to look for inspiration.

As usual, Bentley, takes time out to stop and smell the flowers.  The Stock are so fragrant he really likes to smell them.

I love the smell of Lilacs and was thrilled to find large bunches of  our California Lilacs at Trader Joe's.  They come in white,lilac and lavender and the ones at Trader Joe's were more of a lilac color than lavender.

I love the way the Lilacs look in the white buckets and decided to paint them in the bucket and paint them lavender rather than lilac.  

One of the fun things about painting is I can use flowers for inspiration and paint them any color I want to!

I painted my Lilacs lavender rather than lilac.

Thank you for stopping by.  I love hearing from you and sincerely appreciate your visits, e-mails, nice 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



                               "Whatever you ask for in prayer with faith, you will receive."  Matthew 21:22

More Pansy Love

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 tea and enjoy the Pansies with me.  In spite of having a heat wave in Southern California our Pansies are still blooming in all of their glory.  

My new article on Pansy Love was just published in  Southern Guide to Life. The article can be found at www.southernguidetolife.com.  Let's join Bentley, my Garden Assistant, and stop and smell the Pansies and share with you some of the photos in my article as well as some new ones.

The tangerine Pansies are new this year and I love the contrast of the colors in the garden.

I started adding pops of lime green this year and love the way the color brightens the flowers.

Thank you for stopping by.  I sincerely appreciate your visits, e-mails, comments and those of you 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


                                    " I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go."  Psalm  32.8