Honeysuckle

Just love when summer arrives with the smell of flowers and herbs - one favourite is honeysuckle - so one day I picked a few branches for a vase. The perfume was inebriating and I couldn't resist painting a study as well

More flower power

Having fun with watercolors, loose painting...

Cherries in a Basket with Hat

A beautiful composition prepared by a friend who brought everything from her own garden. This painting is from quite a few years ago, the last year that I was taking regular classes myself...and with this painting I partecipated at the yearly final exhibition. I'd really want to paint this again one day, it was so fun!

More Old Still Lifes

Shells are wonderful subjects. Pick a handful of sells - you have beautiful shapes and colors, matte and shiny surfaces, a lot of fun and a lot of challenge!

Paint the smaller shells next to fruit or maybe red chili peppers to add some color to your composition.
This painting is from a workshop several years ago...

A bottle of Chianti with Fennel

One of my old paintings. A still life is really the best way to start to learn painting ith watercolors. The subject will stay in place, the artificial light doesn't mute  - and you can paint the composition many times over and over again, maybe from different angles - and at the end you eat and drink everything! (Note: the bottle is empty...)

A Tuscan setting

                          Another of my old paintings - I seldom paint so realistic paintings today.