Inspiration

Inspiration comes from different places. For example - yesterday I visited the farmers market because I love green markets and because we were scary low on fresh produce.

 As you can see, I brought back a whole lot of fall colors (and yummy things to eat).

Looking at all the pretty colors made me want to paint with them too, so I chose six colors + white, found a piece of wood and started.

The colors on my palette are: Hookers Green Hue, Pyrrole Red, Hansa Yellow Medium, Green Gold, Transparent Red Iron Oxide, C.P. Cadmium Orange.

I was happily painting, thinking that I will stay with the calm tones and a simple background (for a change), when a collage sheet that I recently made called me....

I cut up some parts...

...combined them, painted washes of color over, played and enjoyed the process.

So, there it is.....
Inspiration is interesting - shows up anywhere and leads us to follow interesting roads.  From a visit to farmers market to a messy table with images in hand's reach... I had a fun afternoon and finished a painting.

I created several digital collage sheets from my original paintings. If you would like to play and use them in your art visit my etsy shop. I will be adding more (and probably incorporating more in my paintings and journal pages).