I have been invited to paint tulips in oils at Art in Action in the charity tent this year. Whoopee! This is the tent to raise awareness and funds for the cancer charity, Ucare. Ucare's emblem is a tulip and the official tulip is Tulipa Caresse, a very pretty pink tulip. We can paint any colour and any variety of tulip. So I started off buying 50 tulips from a flower wholesaler to: a) Produce my large tulip painting as a donation to the UCare charity auction and b) To start envisaging the four … [Read more...]