paintings of flowers are very challenging, but they are such a joy to paint!

Cologne Bottle

A few years ago I found this cologne bottle in my sister's greenhouse.

When we were girls, we each had our cologne bottles on the dresser. Mine had apple blossom and my sister's had rose cologne.

I don't know where my bottle went over the years, but my brother-in-law generously gave me my sister's bottle.

So i did a painting of roses.

Cologne Bottle - detail

Drawing the bottle was a challenge. After the drawing was finished, painting it was a snap.

Shadow colors were added on the right side with some pink reflecting from the flower above. On the left some color was pulled into the background made it glistening in the light.

However the roses were not well done.

This year I'm working on more roses.

Rose painting practice

I've been practicing painting roses.

The casual approach of the orange rose (above) seems more appealing to me.

More rose practice

When I am happy with the rose paintings, I will do a how-to page on painting roses.

It's in the works for 2021

Magnolias are the flower of "The" south.

They are beautiful with their pristine beauty. And their lemony fragrance is heavenly.

Here is a "Bloomin' Basket" full of them.

Go here for more of my floral paintings.

When my Tulip Magnolia was blooming, I went out and sat down on the edge of the front porch and painted it. Some people call them Japanese Magnolia.

Later I came in the house and added the blue Scrub Jay for the "Scrub Jay on Tulip Magnolia".

What a lovely compliment they are to each other.

Paintings of flowers are so much fun, but I can hardly wait for spring, so I can go out and enjoy the flowers in person.

Iris are faithful spring blooming flowers, like this "Gold-top Iris".

Daisies have been one of my favorite flowers ever since I was a child.

So naturally, I had to paint some.

I put them in a porcelain vase on a mahogany table. “Daisies ‘n’ Porcelain”.

Daisies are my favorite garden flowers.

These giant sunflowers grew in my garden one year.

Daisies are one of my favorite flowers and that includes the giant sunflower daisies.

They are such happy flowers, like the Son's face is shining down on us. "Son Shine"

Here is another "Daisy Painting" of lovely white daisies.

Since daisies are my favorite flowers, I had to paint them again.

Learn how to paint your own white daisies.

I like watching the birds as much as I enjoy growing flowers.

The blue Morning Glories with a wren made a lovely critter and painting of flowers.

"Wren and Morning Glories"

You can have fun painting "Echanesea" flowers with watercolors.

This flower is native in the Midwest. You see them blooming on the rolling hillsides in June.

They are also called Purple Coneflowers.

• You can do your own paintings of flowers.

See how I did some watercolor flower paintings.