White Peonies — en Plein Air

It was hard, but I finally managed to pull myself away from gardening chores this morning and paint my clump of Festiva Maxima peonies. Bloom-time is only about a week so I had to choose between weeding and painting.

Here’s my setup this morning:

As usual, the first few minutes were rather iffy. Will it turn out….. or not?

My dear cat, Picasso, offered his encouragement, as always.

And I’m calling it “done”. Now — back to the garden!