Maybe I don't have green charcoal but I do have green paint and it found its way to this happy lime that dances on the canvas. I love the simplicity of this little painting.

More Limes. These look a little sickly and for some reason I could not find the green charcoal. I love green but I also like these muted colors which is what I was going for. There are still more limes on the tree but probably not for long as it is cool here. I may have to pick them tomorrow.

From my very own lime tree. The fig tree was dead and gone when I got back to Arizona but in its place was this wonderful lime tree. The limes are a wonderful green and they are really juicy. Finally got to sit down and draw yesterday and this is what I did. Fun stuff for me.

What a surprise the other day when the mail man walked under this vine and asked me what these little creatures were. Well it turns out that our "fig" vine produces figs. I had no idea that all this wonderful green stuff that is growing on our house produces figs. I don't think they are edible nor or they like the black figs I have gotten all summer. The most I have been able to do with this new inspiration is to take a couple of photos-hopefully soon I will get something on paper or canvas. Unfortunately there are only a few figs but....... our lemon/lime tree we planted last spring has lots of beautiful green lemons on it (my hispanic gardener calls it a lemon tree hence the confusion.) I do want to get out the green paints and paint the limes!

Another painting with the same palette but also with my beloved fig.

What fun it was to do this painting. I have been taking a color class and this was the one I was most excited about as I have never really mixed these colors with each other or really known what to do with them except use them straight out of the tube. I had a ball mixing and playing with them. Then to spontaneously draw a painting and to fill in the negative space with color was great fun. I may have found a way of doing abstract that is fun and fulfilling to me. I love the feel of the mysterious space in this painting. It has been a long time since I have really been excited about how I am painting what ever. This was fun painting and it felt very real and personal to me. I know all future paintings won't be easy and always successful but I feel I now have a technique to fall back on and play with. Enjoy.

The apple was really fat and colorful. I like it with the fig, lemon and lavander bottle. The gird is doing fun and interesting things.