June Peony Paintings

Happy June everyone! I hope everyone has been having a great late spring. Summer will be officially here this week and I am so excited! I have been out of school since the end of May so it has technically felt like summer for me.

What has been inspiring me lately has been all of the gorgeous peonies blooming here in Ohio. They truly are one of my favorite flowers and I only wish they lasted longer.

I have been trying to paint a daily painting each day in my sketchbook. I have found that most of my daily paintings have evolved around the photos I have taken of gorgeous peony gardens at my parents’ house, around the island and around my hometown. My style is very impressionistic and loose and I wanted to show the energy and essence of the peonies. I also only work on these daily sketches for 20 or so minutes. Here are a couple of them from these past couple of weeks. Each sketch is 7 x 10 inches painted in acrylic on mixed media paper.

A daily sketch inspired by a lovely local garden.

Daily sketch inspired by some beautiful peonies along the lake.

Quick daily painting of a vase of peonies at the island.

A 12 x 12 painting of my vase of peonies from observation.

If you would like to learn more about daily paintings check my post I wrote awhile back about why I create daily paintings and the importance of them.

Have a wonderful week!

xo.

Michelle