It is said, paint what you love - what calls out your name. The gorgeous blooms of the sky blue rose of sharon growing in front of our chicken coop called out my name.
I answered! Five times!
An artist teacher and friend once encouraged me to paint a subject five times in five different ways. Here is the result of a four day painting frenzy. Sennelier makes a color that I can't paint without called Royal Blue. It was the perfect color mixed with permanent rose, indigo blue and winsor red to capture the essence of this beautiful flower.
