Happy Spring!   Have you noticed the daffodils everywhere?  They are hard to miss. We are fortunate to have a few different varieties in our yard, the white ones above are my favorites.  

Working directly from fresh cut flowers and smelling their strong scent, I commenced drawing.   Oil pastel is a good way to capture the gesture of these beauties and soon the drawing developed into an impasto painting!

The challenge with any image that is white is to keep it fresh, while applying nuanced color to make the image interesting, but it still needs to read as a white flower.  I like working in oil pastel because white can be layered on with great depth, and if necessary scraped off and reapplied with ease.  It is a versatile and satisfying medium to work with.

On to painting the other varieties of daffs ….Bright yellow or white with yellow faces? These are such happy decisions to make while they still grace the yard.

My best to you,

Stef