Stockwood Park Gardens 3

I feel much happier today,this was very relaxing and more in keeping with how I like to paint now.

As of tomorrow I plan to lose twenty eight pounds of weight in order to be healthier and fitter.It does'nt really matter how long it takes so long as I move forward. I think I will post my weight loss weekly,which will give me the incentive to keep on track.Wish me luck everyone!

Stockwood Park Gardens 2

This is my entry for this weeks DPW challenge set by Mary Douglas.I loved this challenge and it is really worth doing,painting this way has opened my eyes to a different type of brushstroke that enriches any painting.Although I do need to practice to improve this method.

Cone Flowers

"Flowers are those little colourful beacons of the sun from which we get sunshine when dark,somber skies blanket our thoughts."
Quote by Dodinsky.

Historical Garden at Stockwood

I can't believe its been a week since I last posted! This has been an incredibly difficult week but with a high as well.Charles Dickens said it so well...."It was the best of times it was the worst of times."
Todays painting I did with quite a few changes,I used a bigger brush,I stood up and painted ,held the brush at the tip instead of like a pen.I'm not sure if all these changes have had a positive effect just yet,with any thing its .....practice,practice,practice.Another thing i resolve to do is follow Charles Soveks lessons ,which Maria Baluis very kindly suggested.
I've posted both the photo I used and my painting so that you can decide whether I have actually succeeded in simplifying this scene.