WIP Update 2 The Pond in Mid Summer
Artwork Painting Process Scapes Still Life
WIP Update 2 The Pond in Mid Summer
Artwork Painting Process Scapes Still Life

WIP Update 2 The Pond in Mid Summer

Take me back to those summer days

We are starting to see these winter days start to lengthen and can feel the power coming back to the sun.  And so we allow ourselves to drift into memories of summer. I absolutely love summer. The long days. The heat. And the nostalgia. We dream about it, we long for it and when it is here we savour it. That is what this painting represents to me. Feelings. Memories. Longing.

The Pond in Mid Summer by Helen ShidelerMemories of days gone by 

I have been receiving a lot of wonderful feedback about this painting and a lot of people are on the same page as I am. It pulls them into a moment of relaxation and reflection. We all seem to identify with it. That is exactly what I was hoping for when I started this large painting.

I am enjoying how this painting is developing, painting from right to left as I always do.  I guess it help me to prevent any pencil smudges.  It just doesn’t feel right for me to paint left to right – and I am right handed.  Cannot explain that. 

Discoveries

I have started to add in the froggies as many of you requested. There will be a few more subtly placed in the painting.  I love to create that moment of discovery for you – when you are looking at a painting and suddenly see a hidden element like a bee or an ant.  I will tell the sad story of the spider later and how it cost me the sale of a painting another time.

I asked for help to name this painting.  A friend of mine suggested Peekaboo.  I told her she she was too late.  Had already used it on the watercolour painting of mine shown below!

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