#40 / Blue Bottle

#40 / Blue Bottle

We ran out of internet credit last night as I was in the middle of posting this, so is yesterday’s painting which I will follow with this morning’s painting.

It took me ages to find the tube of Prussian Blue in the old studio, so I started rather later than I had hoped to this morning. Sticking out of the top of this vase is the most enormous white Iris that has the most incredible scent of sweet almond. If it lasts in the vase, I’ll try painting it this week.

#34 / Orthodox Painted Eggs

#34 / Orthodox Painted Eggs

We celebrated Easter yesterday (as I’m sure many of you did) with a roast joint of lamb and chocolate eggs (more or less at the same time), a few films, a little too much red wine and a good deal of laughter.

In the Russian tradition, we plunged the twenty five eggs into their various lurid predicaments to decorate the Easter dining table - what we do now with the eggs, I’ve no idea… One solution was to paint some of them. I’m guessing lots of eggy salads, eggy sandwiches and eggy breakfasts will be the way to go next.

 

#10 Blue Jug (remembering Suffolk)

This is a daily painting I made a while ago, so I call in my first substitution!
This is a jug I bought from Southwold in Suffolk, England (one of my favourite places, mostly because of the Adnams Brewery. I enjoyed the odd pint of their ale at a lovely little pub (The Nelson)). It's nice to paint objects that remind us of where we're from and the life we used to live.