My Fiery Goddess of Spring

Yesterday I watched a free class by the lovely Kelly, Pixie and Christy of the Creatives Group. Part of the class was Christy painting a beautifully serene lady in bright happy colours, so I thought I'd have a go...

I recycled a kids paint-by-numbers canvas board by coating it with white gesso.
When that dried*yawn* I splodged acrylic paint on it and smooshed it with my fingers...
giving me an extremely vibrant background.
When that dried *yawn some more and reach for heat gun* I started to paint my lady in with water colours...and this is where things altered.
She started to look really cross and scary....
and didn't want to be restrained and pretty....I tried to calm her with water soluble crayons, which seemed to annoy her even more....
But she did want flowers...so I scratched some into the paint...falling from the sky.
And she smiled :D
Sometimes Spring arrives in a foul temper....but she always smiles in the end :D XXX