Paint Party Friday

The Fairy Kiss

I'm happy to have finally remembered to get something

completed by Friday so as to enter it in Paint Party Friday.

Paint Party Friday is great because there is no theme (other than painting).

NOT that I don't love themes, don't get me wrong :)

But I love the "anything goes" opportunity.

This is a little (4" x 5") canvas based loosely on

Richard Doyle's fairy paintings from 1870 or thereabouts.

I am planning to add the dreaded beeswax, which I have

decided not to use much anymore, except on this,

which I think could benefit from a little softening.

Here is Doyle's Fairy Kiss painting:

I love his painting so much more...

At first I was wishing it was a little more colorful,

but I realize I love it just as it is ~ so soft and whimsical.

Here is one of my favorites:

His style is so recognizable.

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You may remember from another post I discovered a lily

in my garden that I don't think I planted.

Well, here is another one:

I have an asiatic lily in the front garden, 

but this and another one showed up in the back garden.

Hmmm. Maybe they were planted by the fairies.

It's been a very interesting summer in the garden.

Some things I expected to do well were very poor.

Other plants, like this calla lily were astonishing.

I've had this plant for 5 or 6 years, and it has

never gotten more than one or two blooms per summer.

This year it had six gorgeous blooms. I wish I had photographed it

when it was at its peak...it only has a few blooms left in this photo.

Happy Paint Party Friday!

Don't forget to visit the Party!