Distractions
This spring has had some exciting weather! From beautiful crisp and warm sunny days to stormy rains and snow. Everyday I take a walk outside in my yard to see the growth of the green things and flowers. The newly…
Category Paintings by Lynda Hoffman–Snodgrass
Tulips and Blog
Happy Spring! The first of this years tulips have begun to bloom at Raven House! These bulbs were purchased in Holland many many years ago, a gift from my parents. After a week of warm weather snow returned … what…
Tulip Painting 1 update
Love my messy watercolor pallet, so many fun colors that can be created! The little dishes are for creating pools of color that I will be using for the entire painting. At this time the only brush that I have…
It is moving along
Progress
Quietly in my studio, these tulips are coming to life. Working in small sections at a time my plan is to fill in all but the main tulip first.
Beginnings
The snow has really melted as the tulip leaves continue to push up out of the ground. For years I have photographed Tulips with the idea of one day painting a tulip series. Recently I spent an afternoon going through…
More Snow
Just as I was getting excited about starting this “tulip” series the snows came. It has continued to be cold and snowy all week. Too cold to work up in my studio. The tulips however don’t seem to be fazed…
snow
Guess winter is not over yet. Snow has arrived and covered the tulip leaves. Debated about waiting, but decided that I have lots of photo reference and will move forward with this tulip project.
Waiting & Watching
A few years ago I discovered blumex parrot tulips and I felt a deep urge to paint them. After much research I found a source for blumex tulips and ordered a dozen bulbs, planting them in the fall of 2015. …
“Tropical Dream”
Do you dream in color? I do! Often I find myself dreaming of tropical places, warm sandy beaches, lush vegetation and fragrant flowers. That was my inspiration for “Tropical Dream”, 21 x 29″ watercolor on paper.