Photinia I 23.05.16
Today’s post is all about learning to find beauty and inspiration in the mundane chore of yard work on a holiday Monday.
Yesterday was Victoria Day here in Canada, the perfect time to prune the photinia and clean all of its dried leaves from the studio roof and gutter.
With the concrete cleaned and swept the afternoon was free for painting and photography in the studio with a rescued photinia branch making for the perfect subject…
and a few of the trimmed branches new tools for drawing with.
Now all I had to do was put the two together. What could be better than an ink drawing of the photinia created with one of its own branches?
Well, perhaps some additional watercolor to complete the picture…
and we’re almost there…
So ended a very satisfying day turning the hard work of yard work into art work.
to be continued…
thechangingpalette 
Beautiful, creative ideas. I’ve got to try this. Thanks for the inspiration!
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Beautiful!!!! I am a novice artist and i can relate to the joy!!!
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Thank you Monica
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Very Inspiring!Great artwork!
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How beautiful!
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Many thanks Stuart
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I love it!!! Sounds like you had lots of fun while creating a beautiful piece of art.
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Wow – that is actually inspiring. I may actually try my hand at art — maybe…
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Beautiful! This post was very inspiring. ..Thank you!
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Beautiful! I too, love to find the beauty in the most unusual places! Thanks for sharing! ~ Sheri
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Good work
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Aaaaaahhhhh! Love this!
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Thank you
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Great inspiration!
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Many thanks Vicky 🙂
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Wow! You just gave this non-artist some serious inspiration. Thank you!
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Thanks Agnes. Happy to hear it 🙂
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Looks like a perfect project for my daughter and I this summer. And your finished product is beautiful.
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Thanks and good luck with the summer project 🙂
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Beautiful 😊
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Colors are so brilliant. Art work is so relaxing.
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Great photography
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love it ❤
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Beautiful! ❤
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Wonderful work
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Beautiful.
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This truly is beautiful, what a wonderful way to bring some of the natural world’s beauty indoors. I look forward to seeing your future projects.
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Thanks so much. Your blog title is perfect for the post 🙂
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Absolutely beautiful!
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beautiful.
you make me love art the more
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Thank you. Happy to hear it 🙂
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Love the way you put this peice together.
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Many thanks Pat
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Quite lovely and a nice light touch with the water color. Keep up the lovely work.
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many thanks.
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I love to watch the artist’s process. Thank you for sharing!
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Thanks so much Kim; my pleasure.
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this is so inspiring!
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Many thanks Kamryn. Glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
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Nice paintings. I really like how you turned yardwaste into art.
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Many thanks for your comment Shawn
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Truly creative and beautiful, Andrew. Your Discover honor is well deserved. Congratulations!
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Thanks so much Jane. Your kind words are very much appreciated 😊
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Beautiful work!
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Thank you so much
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Such a beautiful post. I love the concept, I love the artwork, and I love the clear execution.
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Thanks so much Lynn for your lovely comments which are much appreciated.
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Andrew – I’m so glad I clicked the picture! Such a wonderful post. You are such a talented artist. Hope all is well in your part of the world.
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Thanks so much. I’m glad you did too and all is well I’m pleased to say as I hope it is with you. 😊
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