Day 254 "Garden Sheds" 9 x 8 ink, watercolor, pencils

I painted in the Clift Rodgers Library Garden tour the other day. The garden was relaxed, well-tended, welcoming, just beautiful.  It was a lovely day.  I liked these three sheds lined up in the sunlight.  The third is a chicken coop.  At some point in the afternoon one of the chickens got very vocal.  The owner said the chicken had laid an egg and liked to brag about it.  After about half hour, the owner went down to the coop and chatted with her hen, "What's going on?  Everything okay?".  Then the chicken quieted.  It was sweet.  This is my two hundred fifty-fourth daily drawing.  Thank you for your continued interest.

Day 253 "Garden Tour" 9 x 6 ink, watercolor, pencils

Our community has a small public library, the Clift Rodgers Free Library and Consignment Shop.  It is open to the public, and totally self-supporting, through the consignment shop upstairs and its fundraising efforts.  Today was the annual garden tour to benefit the library.  I painted in this particular garden.  It's always nice to hear the gardeners chatting away about plant varieties and techniques.  It was an absolutely gorgeous day.  I sat in a vegetable patch in the garden, looking at beautiful lettuce, chard, strawberry plants, overseen by a cherub and an active birdhouse on a post. The main house was in the background with lots of visitors, lemonade, and cookies.  As I said, a lovely day. To the left you can see my painting without the garden fence where I sat.  I decided it needed the barest hint of the wire fence for context, else the column was detached and didn't make as much sense.
This is my two hundred fifty-third daily drawing.  Thank you for your continued interest in my view of the world. 

Day 191 "Studio Door" 7 x 7 ink & marker

Last summer I painted at a friend's house for a local garden tour fundraiser.  Her studio door was open and surrounded by flowers.  It was very inviting and a fun day talking to all the visitors.  Here is the painting from the day, and above is a pen and ink sketch with gray marker, of the scene as well.

This is my hundred ninety-first daily drawing.  Thank you so much for looking.

"Garden Doorway" 10 x 10 oil

This lovely antique home has a beautiful and inviting patio leading you into the studio.  I was intrigued by the window on the far side of the studio.  I often say that I love to paint the idea of "through".  This alluring path into the studio brings the viewer in, and then through. I first laid in the approximate color and value of the inside room, then worked through the flowers and the layering of the flowers and carved out the wall behind them.  The day began overcast, but then the sun peeked through.  I quickly made an indication where the shadow line was on the wall, and modified the painting to include the sun.  The house was on a garden tour so there were a lot of visitors talking about plants and mulch or no mulch and the beautiful  beds surrounding this house. 
Thank you for looking.