Persimmon and Plumbago – Karen Winters Daily Painting

Persimmon and Plumbago – 8 x 10 oil – Available

I was coming into the house from the driveway today and saw that our plumbago shrub was covered with blue-violet blooms. It immediately struck me that those colors would be a good compliment to the yellow-orange persimmon I painted last night, and which had survived the ordeal, no worse for wear.

There is something to be said for working in a series. I found the persimmon easier to paint today than last night

So I set up another still life in the same stage, this time a wider shot incorporating a bit of drapery. I don’t often draw folds, let alone paint them, so this was a good experiment for me, and I’m satisfied with the result.

I used the same colors as yesterday for the persimmon, plus UM blue and some alizarin crimson for the plumbago.