Daffodils

In our garden is a patch of daffodils that grows bigger every year. These are a small variety of daffodils and the bulbs stay in the ground all year long. 
In springtime they bloom with a nice warm yellow colour and this year I was inspired to paint them - again.
My husband made some reference pictures while there was some sunshine and I used these to make a composition sketch.

I wanted to make a yellow painting so the background was painted first and dried  completely before drawing the daffodils using a watercolour pencil in a colour that is also in the background.

The daffodils were painted carefully, using colours that are yellow or very close to yellow and I suggested some stems fading away in the background.

After all the storm and rain we had here these yellow flowers brighten our garden and I wanted to paint that feeling. So there are no dark shadows, no dark earth beneath the flowers, only the flowers that tell me about sunshine - long after the sun has gone from that part of the garden.

The details about paper, paints, size, colours used and availability can be found at my website www.jannekesatelier.webs.com