Fearless Friday, Happy Halloween and a Pitcher of Flowers

Happy Halloween, Day of the Dead, and All Saints Day!
If you celebrate Halloween are you expecting Trick or Treaters?

Have you carved pumpkins and hung spooky spider webs?

Does your house look haunted and creepy?

I was feeling especially Witchy the other day…

When I feel Witchy, I paint flowers!

Let’s start with a pencil sketch

I indicated some shapes with dashed lines
This is a great way to establish the shapes or positions
and it’s easy to re-adjust them

I began by laying in a deep green background
to establish the light shapes of the hydrangeas and pitcher
Next I added the darkest flowers, the purple thistles

I began to add the rest of the flowers around these first 2 steps

I added the large roses with broad loose strokes
and even though the pink bled into the peachy rose,
I let it dry to repair or work around later

Green leaves were added,
and I added suggestions of yellow blooms
and began added shadows to define the white hydrangeas

The white pitcher got light gray washes where it is in the shadows
and a sharp edge with Payne’s Gray

More details are added to the hydrangeas

Pitcher of Flowers, 7″ x 10″ watercolor on mixed media paper

There is nothing better than beautiful flowers to brighten and uplift!
So, let’s go trick or treating!!
Be Fearless!

I will be joining these fabulous parties and blogs:
Meal Plan Monday Love Your Creativity Over the Moon
Between Naps on the Porch, Celebrate Your Story,
All About Home/ Common Ground Follow the Yellow Brick Home
Tasty Tuesday Oh My Heartsie Girl Turn About Tuesday
Full Plate Thursday Centerpiece Wednesday Creative Crafts
Thursday Favorite Things Creatively Crafty Creative Cumpulsions
Lovely pitcher with flowers. You make it look so easy. Thank you for all of the Halloween tips, tricks and treats – ideas and recipes! You are multi-talented. What wonderful times you have with your family!
Thank you so much Ann! Happy Halloween!
I love seeing the step-by-step progression of your lovely paintings! And I really love the witch too!
Thank you Dorothy, I always appreciate your nice comments 🙂
You’re very welcome! You do provide us with beauty!
you know i am fascinated with your step by step painting processes. i am taking mental notes. lovely, just lovely. hugs
Thank you Kari, now that you’re feeling better, you should take a class! There are a lot of great online ones I’d be happy to email you some suggestions if you’re interested…of course I know you must have a million things you want to do now that you’ve gotten some strength back! I hope you have a nice weekend and no spooks or goblins!
This painting makes my heart sing! Love the subject and the bright colors! The ease with which you produce your pieces of art (or, I should say, the way you MAKE it look easy!) is such a joy to watch. Absolutely love your Friday posts, Jenna.
Happy Halloween! I love the spindles/candlesticks.
Thank you so much Rosie, your words make MY heart sing! I am so happy to bring you joy, painting brings me great joy, that is for sure! Have a wonderful weekend!
I love watching how you work. When I get started, I’m so totally emmersed, I forget to take photos. Great post, love your candlesticks, too. Sandi
Thank you Sandi, I know what you mean, that happens a lot, I have to really focus when I want to create a post for Fearless Friday, some things just don’t work, they have to be painted without stops! Happy creating!
I love the pitcher of flowers, Jenna! How did y’all weather the storm? We lost power for over 24 hours and cable and internet for over 36….
Thank you Ricki Jill! Oh no, how terrible about your power, ours didn’t even flicker! My daughter {Mountain Brook} lost hers for 12, but she has a generator build in her new house, so jealous! And our beach house didn’t sustain any further damage, tarps on roof held!! Yay! Have a Happy Halloween!!
I love the watercolor pitcher of flowers. So beautiful, Jenna. I am expecting my two little princesses and they will be all. Have. Wonderful weekend!
Thank Pam, have fun with your princesses, I am expecting CC and W dressed in full Star Wars garb! Roll Tide!
Fun, little witchy. Beautiful flowers. In NM the governor sent out a LOUD Emergency Alert on the cell phones that made me jump. “EXTREME NM virus risk. Stay safe, NO non-household contacts. Celebrate Halloween at home.” She is special.
Thank you Linda 🙂 and how awful about the alert, I hate those things! Wow, that is extreme…
Happy Halloween, Jenna!
Love your joyful pitcher of flowers, bright and beautiful! 💕
thank you Patty Anne, I haven’t had much time to draw/paint lately, I’ve got to remedy that!
SO pretty! And oodles of fun! Love it — Happy Halloween!
Thank Jeanie!
Love your watercolor bouquet Jenna! I was sorry to pack my broom away until next year 🙂
ha ha, me too! In fact I cleaned out my garage on Sunday and found 2 boxes of Halloween stuff I forgot I had! Oh well, next year 🙂