Rebecca Croft - Everything Lavender - Lavender Series

Next in April's Blog Posts on Series - Rebecca Croft  tells of about her favorites-

Purple.  It's always been my favorite color.  I've never wavered on that from childhood to present.
Travel is one of my great pleasures along with painting.  I've been to France several times.  

 "Lavender In The Valley"  16 x 20  Oil

Two years ago I 
visited Provence where I enjoyed the food, wine, and countryside.  .  

  "Les Beaux, Provence"  12 x 12  Oil

 This is where the most beautiful Lavender
is grown.  It was all around me.  

 "Le Jardin Provence "  12 x 12  Oil

 I came home inspired to paint this series of Lavender Landscapes.  

  "Beautiful Skies Over Lavender"   11 x 14  Oil 

 One day I hope to actually stand in the fields and paint them Plein Air

  "Lavender Fields"  11 x 14  Oil

Workshops re-energize in winter - Rebecca Croft

Workshops! Workshops! Workshops!

Every Winter we're stuck inside.  I get so restless so I look for inspiration in my painting.  I have found that by taking a workshop I not only learn new painting tips but get re-inspired.  Workshops always make you think outside the box and work outside your comfort zone.  Each artist has their own way of doing things and their own style.  By taking a workshop I learn to incorporate some of those new applications into my paintings.  I just took a workshop by Trisha Adams on color and it was amazing!  One of the improvements that I want to make in my work is color.  How to make it work for me.  I want my paintings to pop.  Here is the painting that I painted in the workshop.  I was thrilled with how it turned out.  The hard part is taking what I've learned and applying it to my paintings in my studio.  

 

"Bathing in the Light" 

                                                             Oil

                                                         10 x 14

                                           © 2014 by Rebecca Croft

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Rebecca Croft - Magnificent Colors, Magnificent Palette

Painter Rebecca Croft's comments on her November entry - "After a trip to Tuscany I was so inspired to come home and paint.  I love all of the magnificent colors found in Tuscany from the wine vineyards, to the sunflower fields, to the hay bales.  It's all gorgeous.  You can't be in Tuscany and not notice the magnificent color palette.  This painting would be a great memory for someone that has been to Italy or dreams of going. " 

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