Showing posts with label leaves. Show all posts
Showing posts with label leaves. Show all posts

Thursday, February 28, 2019

"Bougainvillea Sky" by Lynda Cookson

"Bougainvillea Sky"
A lovely sunny day in Portugal a few years ago ... and that sky really was that blue when I took this photograph! I grew up with a huge ... really old and really big! ... Bougainvillea of this exact shade in KwaZulu Natal in South Africa, so I was tickled to be able to capture my memory so stunningly against the orange deck cover and such an incredibly blue sky. Most definitely one of my favourite photographs.
This image is available as an instant download (just click an image to take you through to the download site).


Sunday, February 18, 2018

Be My Valentine

Another challenge painting (which, funnily enough, I did use a palette knife on when I was moving the paint in the middle of the two big red flowers!) ... watercolour on Yupo Paper.

I find it keeps me fresh to be fiddling with watercolour or a craft object during the palette knife painting of a more formal painting. Otherwise I tend to fiddle with the formal painting and usually ruin it in some way LOL

"Be My Valentine"
Watercolour on Yupo Paper
8" x 12" (20 cm x 30 cm)

"Be My Valentine" by Lynda Cookson


Saturday, February 17, 2018

"Spirit Flowers"

Although mainly an oils painter using palette knives, I love to challenge myself by using other mediums and other tools. Sometimes it works, many times it doesn't ... and sometimes I don't mind you seeing the okay ones.

Painting No. 17 in the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge.

"Spirit Flowers"
Black Ink on Paper
5.5" x 7.5" (14 cm x 19 cm)

"Spirit Flowers" by Lynda Cookson



Friday, February 16, 2018

"Tall Pot of Geraniums"

Painting No. 16 in the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

"Tall Pot of Geraniums"
Watercolour on Paper
11" x 7" (28 cm x 18 cm) approx.

"Tall Pot of Geraniums" by Lynda Cookson



Tuesday, February 13, 2018

"Fat Blue Vase"

Painting no. 13 in the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

"Fat Blue Vase"
Oil on Canvas
12" x 16" (31 cm x 41 cm)

"Fat Blue Vase"



Sunday, February 11, 2018

"Birthday Bouquet"

Painting no. 11 in the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

"Birthday Bouquet"
Oil on Paper
5" x 7.5" (13 cm x 19 cm)


"Birthday Bouquet"



Saturday, February 10, 2018

"Big White Flowers"

Painting No. 10 in the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

"Big White Flowers"
Watercolour and Pencil on Paper
11" x 8" (28 cm x 20 cm)


"Big White Flowers"



Wednesday, February 07, 2018

"Lone Sunflower"

7 February 2018

Painting no. 7 of 30

"Lone Sunflower"
Impasto Oil on Canvas
10" x 13.5" (26 cm x 34 cm)


"Lone Sunflower"

Saturday, July 08, 2017

"Tropical Flowers" by Lynda Cookson

I've recently, because of down-sizing and moving into a much smaller home, destroyed a few of the larger paintings I had in stock. "Tropical Flowers" wasn't one of those! She's hung in my bedroom for a few years now and is going straight back into our new bedroom pretty tout suite!

Collage of  "Tropical Flowers" by Lynda Cookson

Detail of "Tropical Flowers" by Lynda Cookson