I love the yucca plant in all stages - just waking up from the winter, watching the center flower stalk appear, the first large white blooms and the fantastically shaped seed pods - there is no bad time for me. I thought this photo was a great study of white. Had I asked you to paint a white yucca flower, would you have included the wonderful hues you see here? I love the rich butter cream with the hints of green. Only in the brightest highlight is it really white. Would you have painted it that way? I'm not sure I would have but I know next time it will give me a lot to think about.Sunday, June 26, 2011
Study of White
I love the yucca plant in all stages - just waking up from the winter, watching the center flower stalk appear, the first large white blooms and the fantastically shaped seed pods - there is no bad time for me. I thought this photo was a great study of white. Had I asked you to paint a white yucca flower, would you have included the wonderful hues you see here? I love the rich butter cream with the hints of green. Only in the brightest highlight is it really white. Would you have painted it that way? I'm not sure I would have but I know next time it will give me a lot to think about.
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What a good example using the yucca. I love painting white because of the many colors. My friend used to say " here we are painting a white flower again that isn't white." Ah....only to see it's beauty...search it out. Great thoughts Kelly
ReplyDeleteI love all of your flower pictures but this is definitely my favorite. Its absolutely gorgeous!! The colors and hues are wonderful! And I didn't realize that yucca plants bloomed, eseecially with blooms this beautiful. I had a yucca one time for years and it never bloomed and all it did was scratch me.
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