March in Maine is a long month, acting like a spoiled child - sweet and all smiles one day and temper tantrums the next. That was our March this year. Cold, gray, gloomy days of snow, then rain. Ice, then mud. Then sunshine. Repeat.
It was a good time for spring cleaning both our house and my studio. And a good time to inventory my work for the coming season. I did find quite a few unfinished paintings that showed promise. And, of course, some that went in the trash.
And the first of the month means a new destination for Marla's "Virtual Hike". I look forward to each new adventure. It's interesting to explore the area and that leads up to researching information about my chosen sites. I find it fascinating and hope to chose two sites each month!
Our Maine landscape colors are quite neutral right now - an assortment of browns and grays for the bare trees and fields, the birches, the road and the patches of old snow. Dark green for the evergreens. Raw sienna for any lingering leaves left on the trees and for the dry, wild grasses. A variety of browns for mud and dirt. The sky a grayed blue but often there is a bit of pale orange in the sunlit clouds. The colors may sound a bit dull, but there is a feeling of awakening and a nice warm harmony of colors with all these neutrals. It reminds me of an old tweed jacket, a bit shabby but still warm and comfortable.
Soon our landscape will change into a riot of bright colors. Green grass and all the spring flowers!
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