The Winter panel for the beehive is finished, I painted Dudley's Cottage, a cottage build in 1880, the oldest cottage in Arrowtown.
I changed a few aspects, because I had to use winter and summer photographs of the cottage, but that is the artist interpretation.
By using cool colours of purple and blue as the base I created a cold winter feel of a snowy day.
I used warm darker colours behind the trees and brought those back in the tyre marks on the road and the dried winter grasses in the foreground.
I know I shouldn't use warm colours in the distance, but sorry I broke the rules, because I think it works for this painting.
Dudley's Cottage is now a cafe and gift shop and will be next to Paul and Emma new business' Honey and Cacoa.'
The painted beehive will sit outside the shop and hopefully will be a nice talking point.
The pots need to dry and next time I will bring stencils to decorate the pots and then we will plant the bulbs.
It was a rainy day so a nice way to spend the morning.
