Helen Eaton

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After drawing lines i (As I've gladly admitted  before, yes, I cheat with a sheet of carbon paper) I blocked colors.

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Next I tried to add a little life to the big flat areas of color. Some yellows and purples livened up the leaves. Added all kinds of I streaks paint colors from left over on my pallet to the vines ... Hoping They'd start looking right ... they did not.

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After the bold background colors dried a day or two, It was in time to block the flower. I planned to use alizarin red and white, I used diaxozine  for the purple shaded Areas. It seems to work best for me if get those areas in first and darker than I know they should be.

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* Blend with new white ... the petals look like mud ...

* Add the middle ... the yellows and oranges smear ...

* Experiment with Those vines again ... what a mess ...

* Try to make the  spots look intentional INSTEAD of like I dropped dark paint blobs on the leaves ... Add Some yellowish greens and purple-leaf greens around the holes .... hmmm ...

*  And this is the Point Where It Happens ... It always happens ... It's the ugly stage ... I wonder if I shoulds give up, if I have the right to call myself an artist, if this one just isn ' meant to be ...

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Then with fresh eyes and one more try, it comes together. ALTHOUGH it's happened dozens and dozens of times, I'm always surprised when it happens ... and I smile then sign my name in the bottom corner.

Helen Eaton

6 "x 8" Oil on Canvas

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