pruning apple trees, sharpening secateurs, feeding birds, drawing

Sun is out!!!!

Top five today

1. Hannah Höch's garden
2. Marguerite Duras
3. Friday!
4. Hellebores
5. Pentti Alanko's Pieni vihreä kirjani (My Little Green Book)

Spring is in the air

Starting points for new paintings

Lucas Cranach, detail of Three Young Ladies (from E. Ruhmer, Cranach, Phaidon, 1963.)

Lucas Cranach, The Virgin and Child under an Apple Tree (from Maailman maalaustaiteen mestareita, kustantamo Aurora, 1980.)

Chantal Joffe, Big Head, 2003 (from Women / Chantal Joffe, Victoria Miro Gallery, 2003)

Lucas Cranach, Portrait of a Young Girl (from E. Ruhmer, Cranach, Phaidon, 1963.)

Add for Versace Gold

Lucas Cranach, detail of Anna Cuspinian, c. 1502-1503 (from E. Ruhmer, Cranach, Phaidon, 1963.)