1064 Cuppa Sunshine

 Today is Day 1 of the Strada September 30-Day Challenge.  I decided to make use of my many black and white container props to provide some consistency. ( I'm a sucker for black and white. ) The marigolds are vibrant and plentiful in my rooftop garden.   

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1041 Tete-`a- Tete

 This was a fun little painting to make, mostly from my recollection.  The tete-a tete daffodils grow two or three flowers per stem, and are only about 6 -8" tall.  One of my neighbors had a clump of these sweet little daffodils in an unlikely place--along the curb at the base of a tree and not very visible.  I couldn't cut them for a still life, so I just added them in my imagination to my tea cup.  

In case you are wondering, the phrase tete-a-tete as a noun means "a private conversation between two people:"  as a verb, "a private conversation between two people," ("a tete-a-tete meal"): and as an adverb "between two people in private"  ("his business was conducted tête-à-tête").

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1021 Does It Spark Joy?

 

My new teapot makes a repeat appearance !  This set up took forever to compose with too many different characters auditioning for supporting actor.  Sometimes the composition is the most difficult aspect of the painting.  

Did you make the connection between the title and the book that is featured?  It is Marie Kondo's book, the life-changing magic of tidying up.    Marie would have a field day in my studio.

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1018 Pretty in Pink

 I had a lot of pink piles of paint on my palette that were left over from another painting.  My husband bought the pink alstroemerias for me and I found the vase in the house we rented, so I figured I would use up the paint.  It is painted on bristol paper, which is a little unusual for me, but I didn't have a canvas or board.  I'm fairy happy with how the flowers turned out, but the background needs more paint.  The cup is new and you will see it again, I'm sure.

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