Periwinkle OPENS THIS Saturday, June 4 10am - 3pm!

PERIWINKLE is here!!!

It's THAT TIME of the YEAR!

For the last two summer's my friend Marybeth and I open a little art shop on Saturdays right across the alley from the Bellingham's Farmer's Market.

Join us at Periwinkle

THIS SATURDAY!

June 4th

ANYTIME between 10 am to 3pm

I will be outside painting and Marybeth will inside creating. It is most definitely Bellingham's

MOST COLORFUL SHOP IN TOWN!

Contrast Give POP!

Another day at the Farmers Market and I am getting close to finishing the painting!

Adding more shadows, contrast really will make the blossoms POP!

Painting Apple Blossoms

A layer of darks are blended into the grass to soften the lights. Deep blues and purples are roughed into the tree blossoms. The challenge will be to soften that look into apple blossoms.

Orange Dances In The Orchard & Evergreens

Orange is a really important color in a landscape. Look for the oranges amongst the trees. All the sudden, the painting really starts to pop.

Blossoms bloom on the trees in layers of light and dark.

The background is soft while the grass and trees are still in the rough stage. Time to soften them up too. Do you see the orange dancing throughout the trees? Check out others in my portfolio.

3D! Painting Light & Shadow On the Grass

Once the orchard tree trunks are painted, another layer of pastel colored acrylic mixed with matte medium is scrubbed onto the grass to form highlights between trees.

More highlights.

Then back to shadows and air. My favorite part is putting air into paintings.

See other work on my website portfolio.

Adding Air, Light & Tree Trunks To Painting-The Orchard

Adding air in the evergreens is a delicate process of pale pastel colored acrylic paint thinned with matte medium. Apply a touch of paint on the paintbrush and scrub. This technique raises havoc with your brushes but the result is awesome.

Tree trunks are added with more light placed amongst the branches.

Now that the trees are in, time for light to play on the grass. Another Saturday and its time to paint across the alley from the Farmers Market. This experience is turning out to be quite fun. See more examples of finished work on my portfolio.

I See Evergreens, Now for The Orchard in Bloom

My portfolio is growing over the next two months.

Now for the layers for trees in bloom. Does it look like trees in bloom yet to you?

Next time...tree trunks. This painting is shaping up nicely. Lots more layers to go.