Libby Anderson Daily Painting

I have been fascinated with tulips since I was a child drawing on any spare paper I could find. I am sure I started with the typical zigza...

when I taught elementary school I might give an assignment to draw a vase of flowers. Invariably students would draw a vase, several strai...

I painted this watercolor some years ago.It hopefully conveys what a warm summer afternoon on a southern porch would be like. It ends up a...

A few years ago I was one of a few who were asked to illustrate a church cookbook. One of my sections to illustrate was  a section on vege...

I remember all those years ago when Earth Day began. It had a kind of hippie like vibe; seems like everything back then did. I admit I was...

I used to think there was just one kind of sunflower- the stereotypical large yellow petaled , huge dark brown centered flower of illustra...

This is a detail from a larger painting. My favorite thing about the piece and also the larger painting is the relationship between all the...

this watercolor painting of peonies was done a while ago in a class I took in Pennsylvania . The instructor brought in fresh flowers to cl...

This is a small(6x6) painting of some geraniums in an enamel pot. It brings back memories to me of being a young child visiting my aunt wh...

This is another painting  from the Karen O'Neil workshop in Woodstock ,N.Y last August.She had several still life arrangements set up ...

My long time friends and I went to Charleston for a girls trip a few years ago.we had a great time in this picturesque city. The market th...

Often  the most ordinary thing can be beautiful. These three pots standing  alone would not make much impact but grouped together make an ...

Tulips are in my top five of favorite flowers. These were so beautiful that I wanted to paint them. When deciding on the composition of fl...

i did this still life in watercolor some years ago.Toward the end of my mother's life we went to garage sales with her. I had picked u...

I have lately been interested in abstract paintings. I study them and decide what are the things that draw my attention to a particular pa...

Some of my favorite paintings have a darker background. I guess the darkness brings out the colors in a more dramatic way. I have  painted...

My goal with this painting was to emphasize texture. I have painted these type of flowers hundreds of times but wanted to try something di...

I love color but I also like to paint with a limited palette. White is always exciting to me because it adds a punch of interest to the pa...

I am drawn to windows and doors on houses rather than the whole structure. I think this is because I am not fond of drawing things that re...

A little self promotion. I entered two paintings in our local art league show. They both were juried in and one won an award for best use ...

This is another peony painting.I get started and can't stop. The glass jars are a favorite theme of mine; even better when they come i...

I like to paint from life but sometimes it is practical to take photos outdoors. The best day to do that for me is a sunny day bcause of a...

I feel the same way about peonies as I do about water towers. I know, that is weird! I think it is the way they seem to have the shape tha...

One of my favorite things about England was seeing all of the gardens. We saw plenty in London, often more formal. We were lucky to go to ...

I learned in a workshop once that it is a good idea to change colors every few inches in a painting.. This is to keep the painting interes...

Since moving from Pennsylvania where thousands of tulips were just two miles away from me; I savor every one I see. My husband always plan...

Another take on zinnias! These remind me of a group of friends squeezing in to take a selfie, trying to make sure their faces show up in t...

i like  close ups of flowers. The first time I tried it I was intimidated because it seemed so complicated. But I soon realized it wasn...

Another important thing in art is composition. I don't always follow the rules; they are made to be broken. But some rules are worthwh...

Whoever invented the color wheel knew what they were doing. I remember in college doing what I thought were boring exercises using differe...