I love orange lilies.
I love having them in my flower bed and on my painting easel.
I knew that flowers have certain meanings, so I decided to look it up. Google would know what the orange lily symbolizes, right?
According to FTD, the orange lily symbolizes confidence, pride, and wealth.
According to 10 Flowers You Should Never Give Anyone, the orange lily symbolizes hatred, pride, and disdain.
According to Flower Auora, the orange lily symbolizes respect and honor.
According to the Flower Expert, the orange lily symbolizes passion.
According to Fresh Flowers, the orange lily symbolizes energy and warmth.
According to Teleflora, the orange lily symbolizes a 30th anniversary.
I quit looking.
I'm pretty sure you can just assign any meaning you want.
So...
According to Helen Eaton, the orange lily symbolizes home, joy, and peaceful times.
Thanks to these two cuties who volunteered to be my practice students.
Original Oil Painting on 8"x 8" Wrapped Canvas
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How many colors do lilies come in?
What a surprise when I drove home and found this gorgeous red lily! I didn't even know I planted it.
Okay, I admit that sometimes buy a bulb on clearance or get a plant as a gift then just stick it in the flower bed and forget about it. When I get surprises like this, I'm glad I do it.
I haven't painted that much with red. It was a little tricky to add the white highlights without turning it into pink. I'm actually not even sure I did it right. I think I'll paint another one just like it and practice the shades and highlights of red.
I also know that I stress way too much over the greenery. I work and work to get each leaf and blade of grass right, then I just go in and kind of fuzz it all out. On my next one, I'm going to try to paint loosely from the beginning. We'll see.
Click Beautiful Dreamer to enjoy a lovely Etsy treasury (collection of related art pieces and vintage items) that celebrates beautiful things. Then visit Christmas Reds for a beautiful bright collection for a wintry day.
I love painting on these chunky little canvases so that they look kind of three-dimensional. Click "Red Lily" to purchase this little painting.
How's the best way to spend a snow day?
When I went to bed last night, I expected to wake up to a blanket of snow and a day off... but alas... the roads were clear, the buses ran, and the kids came to school.
Anyway, I had a plan for how I'd spend my snow day. I had planned to paint something bright and summery like these lilies that grew beside my house last June.
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