This
morning it was 19 degrees outside, climbed to 40 degrees by mid day and
now at 6 PM it is snowing again. The large patches of bare ground are
gone. My husband says there is still about three feet of snow in the
woods.
We
took a ride yesterday and, as I always do, I think of the colors I
would use to paint what I see. The landscape colors were an assortment
of browns and grays with a bit of olive green for the evergreens and raw
sienna for the leaves that are still on the beech trees. I would choose
a variety of grays for the bare trees and the birches. The old snow
would be a mixture of grays and browns. Even the sky was a grayed blue.
It sounds a bit dull, but there is a nice harmony of colors and a
peaceful feeling to the bleakness. It reminds me of an old tweed coat,
shabby and worn.
March
in Maine is a long month. I once wrote that March was like an unruly
child. Sweet and well mannered one day and temper tantrums the next.
That was our March this year. It was a good time for spring cleaning
both our house and my website, and my Ebay Store. The website and store
are finished and the house is almost done. I have been working on small
paintings for our daughter-in-law’s shop which will be re-opening for
the season at the end of April.
I
hope you had a good winter. Drop me a note and let me know what you
have been up to. And let me know if there are any specific painting
topics you would like to explore. I have been organizing my notes from
our art classes and putting them together in one unit. It’s been a great
refresher course for me. The study of painting is fascinating and you
never stop learning. Just when you think you understand a certain
aspect, you find that there is so much more. It’s a fascinating journey
that just keeps getting better.
Stay well, thanks for visiting with me. Happy spring to you all.
Celene
