OK. You were right

I am loving this cobalt blue. :-)

Incertitude

Made a start on the 'Big Red' this evening.I tghink I might be changing my mind about the direction of this one. Orginally the idea was to have a huge version of this:
But I really like the background..its come out very Rothko-esque and adding all these strong contrasting flowers will lose the effect completely. I really like the serenity of the red and gold, so what I will try is just using darker reds and gold for the markings and see what that comes out like. I really shouldn't be experimenting on the actual canvas I expect...but sometimes thats half the fun of painting!! :-)





Well. I tried out the gold.
Graham is right. I have been bottling it. LOL
It has been a long day and doubts always creep in when you are tired. The red/gold is just TOO weak and my original plan (if I can carry it off) will look better I think (hope).

This is a bit of a departure from my florals....just a little. When I was a kid I was forever doodling these 5 star/petal shapes. Still do when I am on the phone.....

Have faith in the blues and greens I guess. I have to stand on tiptoe to reach the top of this.
OK.....have tried some green

Its early days, and a late night. I'll be back.

Red

Here is that huge red painting with the background completed. I'm not sure how well the photo will show the gold, you might have to click on it to see the texture properly.

Escape

Lost myself in a giant canvas this morning. I am painting a super-size version of this:The canvas is 40 x 40 inches and almost overwhelms the easel. My first task is to build in the rich red/gold background. This is physically hard work as I put on gold first than work red into the wet paint until I almost work it back off the canvas again. I am going to do this a few times to build in the texture.

This is the result of the first working. Two hours of hard labour :-)

The photo is at an angle as the studio isn't big enough for me to get far enough away from it to fit.