Purple Alliums

Mary kindly gave me some allium bulbs as I loved what she had done with them in her garden. They have just started to come up here. This inspired me to do my first ever painting of flowers and while it is not great I learnt lots thanks to Paul.

He showed us how to paint  wet on wet and the theory is great I just need to do lots more practice. First of all my background flowers were a muddy mess then they did not fade into the background. This was sorted with a glaze of very thin white paint all over and then removed from the alliums so they stand out. I am pleased with the alliums themselves and these were painted with a very fine brush in sharp strokes then lots of dots in blues, crimson and purple. For a first effort I am happy but I want to get back to painting the sea again now!