If, I’m not doing paintings of flowers, I’m working in the flower garden. That's one reason my college major was horticulture.
Flowers are a wonderful God gift. They are one of my favorite things, whether I am growing them or painting them.
When I started teaching horticulture I found orchids in the class greenhouses. I quickly became infected with the orchid bug. They are so beautiful and make lovely flower paintings.
Orchids are found in every country of the world. Some of them like the Phalaenopsis have flowers that last for months.
When the wild Phalaenopsis orchid was first found in the jungles, they were seen at a distance and the explorers thought that they were a group of white moths flying.
Here are some the "white moths" flying in “White Flight”.
Phalaenopsis orchids are easy to grow in the house. Their flowers last for months.
They are a great subject for paintings of flowers.
Springtime is a beautiful time of the year with all the flowers blooming.
We had an azalea plant in front of our house that bloomed every spring with white and pink flowers on the same plant.
Here they are recorded forever in “Azaleas”.
"Doritaenopsis" is a cross of a Phalaenopsis with a Doritis orchid which gives the flowers brilliant colors. They are grown the same way as the Phalaenopsis orchids.
Growing and painting flowers is so rewarding.
Since I love flowers so much, I keep working on doing more paintings of flowers. My favorite garden flowers are daisies and roses. Daisies are not so hard to paint.
But, roses on the other hand are another scenario. I've been working on painting roses for several years.
It's nice to add some critters to our paintings of flowers. Roses and hummingbirds are both so pretty. This tropical hummingbird flew into a rose painting, a few years ago.
The rosy-chested "Tropical Beauty" is checking out the coral colored roses.
Here is one of my latest rose paintings that was such a "Joy" to paint. It was one of those paintings that just flowed. There was no need to labor over it.
Orange is such a happy color and the turquoise vase was a perfect compliment.
You can learn how to paint a rose. Go to the paint a rose page, where I share what I have learned.
Paintings of flowers are so much fun!
Magnolias are "the" flower of the south. They are beautiful with their pristine beauty. When we are doing paintings of flowers we can't leave out this beautiful flower. Their lemony fragrance is a gift from heaven.
Here is a "Bloomin' Basket" full of Magnolia flowers.
When my Tulip Magnolia tree was blooming, I went out and sat down on the edge of the front porch and painted it.
It's a beautiful spring blooming tree that some people call a Japanese Magnolia. Later I came in the house and added the blue Scrub Jay for the "Scrub Jay on Tulip Magnolia".
Birds and flowers are a lovely compliment to each other. Adding a bird, a bee or a butterfly always makes the paintings of flowers more interesting and gives them a natural appearance.
The same thing was done for the Cardinal 'n' Dogwood on the nature paintings page. The Dogwood tree was painted on location, while it was blooming. In the studio the next day, the Cardinal was added.
Paintings of flowers are such a joy to paint. I can hardly wait for spring, so I can go out and enjoy the flowers in person.
Iris are faithful spring blooming flowers. They will grow and faithfully boom every spring. They take practically no care at all, like this "Gold-top Iris".
They are easy garden flowers to grow.
Various water-based paints can work together in the same painting. So it's fun to experiment.
This watercolor and acrylic, mixed media painting "Hibiscus Freedom" shows off the pretty flower colors.
Learn this mixed media painting method
Daisies are one of my favorite flowers and that includes the giant sunflowers which botanically are daisies. These giant sunflowers grew in my garden one year. They grew fast from seed.
They delight our senses, as well as feed the birds who enjoy harvesting their seeds.
Sunflowers are such happy flowers, like the Son's face shining down on us in "Son Shine".
Daisies have been one of my favorite flowers ever since I was a child. So naturally, I had to paint some of these happy flowers.
These white daisies are in a porcelain vase on a classic mahogany table. “Daisies ‘n’ Porcelain”.
Here is another painting of flowers with lovely white daisies in "Fresh as a Daisy".
If you want to do your own daisy painting and learn some about using oil paints, you can. Check out this tutorial of painting these daisies. Each step is explained, so you can do your own flower painting by following the steps.
You can paint your own daisies.
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