My calendar says that I should be teaching a group of seniors this week. They should be working on a pretty orange tiger lily on a dark background... But, the class, like everything else has been cancelled or postponed until whenever.
Since we have to be home anyway, the quarantine allows for some extra time to paint.
Have a look at the submissions to Paint and Draw Together this month. Since they were also painting orange flowers on dark backgrounds, I thought I'd join in the challenge. It's always fun to see all the paintings that look exactly alike and completely different at the same time.
Original Oil Painting on 6"x 8" Wrapped Canvas
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If you've followed me for a while, you might be thinking... Really? Another lily? Well, yes... another lily. I don't know how many I've painted, but I like them all! Click HERE to see a few.
I know, I know there dozens of other kinds of flowers to choose from. But... I do love a good day lily... or tiger lily... or stargazer lily... That alone should be enough reason to paint yet another one.
There is another reason I've been practicing orange lilies though. In a few weeks my painting partner, Julie, and I are going to teach another class for senior citizens, "Oil Painting for Beginners - Floral." We loved doing it so much the first two times that we decided to do it again. First we did an apple. Then we did a bluebird. Next we'll do a single tiger lily. I'm just painting a few different examples for them to have as inspiration... different backgrounds, different leaf styles...
Also I'm doing them to be sure I'm confident enough to teach someone else how to paint one!
Original Oil Painting on 8"x 10" Wrapped Canvas
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