I made a start on a new series of paintings today. Finished an initial background layer and also a second layer of contrasting colour. I am working on three paintings in this particular series. My intention, at least I keep saying this to myself, is to use the series to experiment with painting flowers.

The trouble is … I simply cannot help but see lovely whimsical creatures in these under-paintings. I mean flowers are lovely but how do you resist the creatures who are just waiting to be revealed from within the colours?

Sigh, the underpainting, the splashing of colour is the easy part … maybe I’ll just paint a few more layers and then see where it leads … it’s lucky I don’t need to be too preplanned … I’d never put brush to board then!

Here are the three at the end of layer two: