Baby's Garden #4 & #5

Whew! My brush is smokin' from all the painting I've been doing.  All of a sudden I've been hit with a sense of urgency to get this done and get these framed, because I have other "craft" projects taking up space that I need to start.

Baby's Garden #4- A colorful cottage with an equally colorful resident :-) This is my art teacher Terry's house (yes it really is purple in real life). He brought in pictures of his garden months ago and I've been waiting for the right chance to paint it. If I had done this in pastels I likely would have taken a completely different approach, but the watercolor keeps with my bright color scheme for this series.  I still get frustated working on watercolors though. It just doesn't look the way it did in my head and I can't figure out what it is. The value patterns are ok, the drawing is ok, the colors are harmonious.  I think it is the brush application and technique that bothers me. Translation: my painting skills are the problem. Oh well I think it will look good framed.

Baby's Garden #5
The more I paint, the looser it gets. I love loose paintings. I can never quite get them to the level I want where it looks like organized chaos. Anyway, this painting was whipped up in literally 2 hours and it is by far my favorite in the series so far. Only 1 or 2 paintings to go, I haven't decided yet.