Annie

oil on board 6"x6"

DPW subject was , this week, to paint a rose.For practical reasons,(I haven't my usual paint tubes), I chose an orange one.They called it "Annie Girardot", in the honour of the French actress, who died in 2009.
Le sujet de DPW cette semaine était de peindre une rose.J'ai choisi celle-ci, orange, car je n'ai pas mes tubes habituels.Elle s'appelle "Annie Girardot", en l'honneur de cette merveilleuse actrice française, disparue en 2009. J'ai trouvé une seule photo sur le Web, et aucun renseignement concernant la commercialisation de cette rose, j'ignore si elle existe toujours, je trouve ça un peu triste.

Peony, or Pierre de Ronsard?

oil on board 5"x7"

It has been several days since I painted this for Rookiepainter challenge.In spite of several efforts, I had never managed to obtain a suitable picture, this being apparently due to the dark painting, which remained greyish and dull;it took time to dry (a lot of medium?).Is it the fault of the painting, or the misuse of the camera, of which I am not sure to understand all the subtleties? But it's so hard to learn!
Pierre de Ronsard is a lovely double rose with delicate colors, it is why I didn't know it was either this rose, or a peony on the picture.

And, before November ends, I wanted to show you our production of avocados in our garden. The former occupant had planted a stone 15, 20 years ago? Last year, we had only one, we didn't even deigned to pick it, but this year, around 30 fruits!
It's necessary to say that is a rarity in our region...
The small yellow fruits are physalises, or Cape Gooseberries,an only plant produced a lot of fruits.

Mignonne, allons voir si la rose…(Pierre Ronsard)

oil on canvas paper 5"x7"

This was done for DPW challenge this week, it was the 1st time I painted a rose, I think.