The Lily of the Valley is actually the flower of May, so Happy May!
My Mother wanted a painting with a blue bird in it. I found I am much more comfortable with painting sitting birds, flying is much more complicated. Irises are one of my favorite flowers, so sticking with the trend of painting my favorites I threw them in with the blue bird.
I enjoyed the irises so much I did a small one too. It's funny, I painted the shapes of the petals and didn't worry too much about making them look rounded or getting the shadows right, and although my irises don't look particularly like the pictures they were done from, they do look like irises. I think irises are just such a bizarre flower and shaped so differently that you don't really have to be super perfect to portray them.
I did a fourth painting but it is a gift so I don't want to spoil the surprise in the off chance that they check my blog.
Till I have more to blog, tata!
P.S. Check out my Etsy shop I'll be posting some of my latest paintings so if you love them you can buy them!
