Facing south #256

Daily painting #256. 6"x8" oil on primed canvas panel

Durban winter skyline....facing south at 4 pm. Loving this chilly (not so chilly unless you live in Durban) weather.....and with it comes the most amazing light, gentle warm sunshine and stunning skies!

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Protea #255

Daily painting #255. 6"x6" oil on primed canvas panel SOLD

Not the usual tone of protea that I buy, but this week I felt like something different...... I hope you like it as much as I do! I think I will be buying this color protea more often I actually really like it!

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Moth No.3 #254

Daily painting #254. 6"x6" oil on primed canvas panel

Found head down on my downstairs veranda.....I nudged him gently with my finger hoping he would flutter away....but he didn't! So still and perfectly formed.....

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Feathered friends #253

Daily painting #253 6"x8" oil on primed canvas panel SOLD

Yesterday within seconds of fulling up the bird feeder on my bedroom veranda, my little feathered friends were lining up to feast!! I am amazed at how close I can get to them if I am really still! Any sudden movements and they flurry off in a mass of feathers and flapping! Only to appear again a few seconds later. There is no shortage of feathered house guests when the feeder is full....

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Purple Fynbos #252

Daily painting #252. 5"x7" oil on primed canvas panel

Fynbos is an Afrikaans derived word that refers to the floral species that grows in the winter rainfall area of the Western Cape. This floral species is so diverse with over 9000 varieties. I love the natural vegetation of the Cape and the colors and textures of the mountain side and hill sides. It also has a rather particular smell which just reminds me of the beautiful Cape....

I won't be returning to Cape Town until April next year which feels like a lifetime away so yesterday I bought home some of this beautiful fynbos for the table on my veranda. I went off to buy proteas from the flower market but couldn't resist these too!

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Rose in a blue and white pot #251

Daily painting #251. 6"x6" oil on primed canvas panel SOLD

The last rose left from the bunch I painted a few days ago. I have cut it down, placed it in a pretty little pot and it is sitting on my bathroom shelf.....
 The cold weather has finally arrived, along with the snow inland ....and some amazing morning skies!!! I wondered this morning, while driving home from school drop offs, how many people were even noticing the amazing morning sky as they rushed about their morning business.....

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Granny's sugar spoon #250

Daily painting #250. A5 watercolor paper, pen ink and watercolor

Towards the end of the month I will be leaving for the UK to join my son who is going on a Cricket Tour of a lifetime to play against some amazing schools in and around London. My husband, daughter and I will be watching a few of the games however I hope to spend some time in London visiting some of my favorite paintings in the galleries there and top of my list is to visit the National Portrait Gallery to see this years BP Portrait exhibition which opens the evening we leave South Africa! I have not been back to London since living there nearly 17 years ago and so I am excited beyond measure!!! My daughter has never travelled to London and so the excitement in the house at the moment is HUGE!!!! My only dilemma (besides leaving my animals for nearly 2 weeks) is how to continue with my daily paintings while I am away ....I am so close to painting a whole year of little daily paintings and I don't want to stop now! I always travel with a little journal to draw in and yesterday I pulled out my pens, inks and watercolors which I also love to travel with as they are light, not so messy and easy to carry around with you. There is nothing traditional about the way I work with them but they are fun and easy to work with when you are on the move! BUT.....how can I survive nearly 2 weeks with no oil paint....!!!!! Mmmmm .....traveling around with wet oil panels is a pain but I know I am going to kick myself when there is something I want to paint and I don't have them there!!!! What to do......?!!!!

And just for the record for those of you who read yesterday's post....the snow inland is apparently on its way tonight and the temperature here at the coast has dropped nearly 15 degrees....so maybe winter hasn't forgotten about us after all!

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