Shadow Dance

I started these yellow mums at Kelley's studio last week and posted the block in. Having forgotten my camera that day, I had no photo to work from and had to concentrate on shapes and edges and logical assumption here to finish it. I enjoyed getting some pinpoints of color to lead the eye.

Yellow Mums Study 8x8

Yesterday I went to Kelley's Studio to paint and meet her adorable baby boy Pug, Paco, who became my new best friend. We lunched at a nearby diner and then painted these mums. I was going to wipe this but, I think I'll wait. It can always go into the burn pile later. I'm hoping we can have a big bonfire on the beach this Summer/Fall at Nanny's beach house and get rid of all those 'monkey on my back',unfinished or bad paintings. Sometimes you have to purge. It took me forever to get this poor photo of this painting.