How my garden grows

First the flowers, then the leaves and then the stems.  In nature it goes the other way, but I'm the creator here, so I get to decide.

Now for a few more do-dads to finish off the center design and then the rim.  I never know what it's going to look like until I'm finished.

Practice, practice, practice

After painting the cabbage rose and the yellow rose, I attempted the challenging parrot tulip.  I painted it twice and wiped it off twice.  Each time it looked like a mish-mash.

 The next time I got my paints out I decided I better practice the tulip a few times.  After painting it twice on the practice board I attempted it again on the plate.  Again I wiped it off, practiced it one more time and finally on the plate again.  Whew!

Completed and begun

I finished the red plate, adding some froo-froo to the design in the middle.  (I tried a row of blue flowers in the trough, as suggested my one of my fans, but then the edge looked too busy and the center still looked empty.)  I hope you like the result.

Now I'm working on a large dark green plate, which I will paint in the Valdres style.  I planned the design on paper and then transferred it to the plate.  Now the fun part.  I get to paint.

Circle of flowers

 

Now that I have completed the border of the plate, I'll have to decide if the center design needs more work.  It seems a little plain to me but I don't want to clutter it up.  I'll have to give this some thought.