Three days until Mothers’ Day and a vase of daffodils on the kitchen table meant that my decision on what to paint this week was easy.  But making it happen turned out to be a quite a challenge.  I love yellow, but sometimes find it difficult to make it interesting in a painting.  The daffodils were doing their cheerful thing as my paintings got muddier and muddier.  I had two on the go as I wanted to make a card too.  I used masking fluid.  I washed paint off.  I used watercolour pencils.  Nothing seemed to help until I decided to cut the paintings up and make a mini collage.  Not a triumph but much better, and I like the simplicity of the little one.