Winter Art

                                   

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.

                                             

On Wednesday at the elderly activity morning we started to paint terracotta pots for Springtime to plant with Tulip and Daffodil bulbs.
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.