This past weekend I painted up a storm in the Historic Gardens in Annapolis Royal. The event, Paint the Town, is an annual fundraiser for the Annapolis Regional Community Arts Council (ARCAC). The resulting silent auction of hundreds of paintings, sculpture and blacksmithing that are created also benefits the 75 participating artists.
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| My favorite colour combination. |
The fewer the colours in a painting, the better the harmony. This is always a challenge for me I love colour.
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Last year was my first time at the event and I blogged about it here. It’s a wonderful chance to paint in heavenly surroundings and to meet artists from all over Nova Scotia.
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| My set-up at the Gardens. |
Like last year, I spent the first day in the colourful Begonia labyrinth garden and the second day at the lower pond listening to the tiny waterfall and the wind in the trees. As relaxing as that sounds, I focused intensely on my task of painting many little canvases to be taken back to the gallery at the Legion for the auction.
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| Paintings from day 1: the begonias. (The iris were painted beforehand at home) |
These are fantastic, Flora! pure joy, really. I'm not surprised they sold so well. Congratulations!
A giant post of awesome paintings. Of the colors in the first painting, i am intriued by the indigo ( i think that's the color) next to the turqouise. All of your paintings are fun and inspirational.
Nicki, thanks so much!
Cathy, thank you! That blue is Anthraquinone Blue and it is a fluid acrylic from Golden. When applied as wet in wet with water it has a gorgeous spreading ability. You can see what i mean in the sky of this painting: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fromgreenwillowstudio/5059030224/in/set-72157623945189770