Finished the cup of roses. I decided to call it “Summertime” – check it out in the gallery under roses. Off on vacation in Tahoe and decided to pick up this piece I’d started last spring. Lots of brown! Mixing ultramarine blue and burnt sienna... 
Spent a couple of days out in Bolinas with my dear Sister Mary and worked on this painting in the peace of the foggy mornings. 
I’ve come to think that it’s a lot easier to paint highly detailed cut glass like in Blush than this one. There’s a lot of subtlety and shades of green that are giving me a challenge! Time to move on to the rose on the fence rail and see how what... 
I’m taking it really, really slowly, seeing all the layers of color and contrasts in the values. Though it’s far from done, from a distance, it’s starting to read. It’s easier than it seems – really! – to paint glass. It’s a... 
Looking at the photo I see a few places I want to work on a bit more. Fun to see the silhouette of the subject once the background is all in. 
Roses in a green glass cup – sparkling in the sun outside, or: A big square piece of Mike’s grapes, or: Chocolates that I started in late March…? 