Artist Renee Mak

I had a fabulous paint day in the studio today!  I added more cool colors to my  second assignment in the  Bloom True Workshop  by Flora Bowley  and love what happened.  (first lesson  here ) This is what I started with.  The point was not to think about it but just "play" with my tools  and some paint!  And that's exactly what I ended up doing! Before I realized what I had done, I noticed that I didn't  leave much of the previous layer! I just couldn't help myself... the music was on... the paint was flowing... and I was lost in the fun! One friend commented that it looks like an  underwater scene... I can definitely see the bubbles in this view! I love how the surviving warm colors peak through  just a bit! And so in one session I went from this... (above) to this! And now I'm all set to add another layer of warm colors before tomorrows lesson! It's a beautiful sun~shiny day today here in Iowa... I hope the sun ...

Happy Thursday Bloggers!  About this time  two years ago I had just begun my painting adventure with artist   Flora Bowley   and her  Bloom True Workshop .   I absolutely love the experience I had and still use it for inspiration today!  If you have a chance to take this workshop or get her book, Brave Intuitive Painting , (available in my Awesome Books bookshop to the right--->) I highly recommend it.  Now, in the tradition of #throwbackthursday,  here is a post from the second week of  the Bloom True Workshop... with the addition of my finished paintings! I had a fabulous paint day in the studio today!  I began my second assignment (first lesson  here ) in the  Bloom True Workshop  by Flora Bowley  and love what happened. The colors really pop!  The lesson was about getting to know my tools... the brushes... and whatever else I use to apply paint! I use...