Seeing White

Does anyone remember my old living room/dining room colors? The walls were kind of a linen yellow and the trim was something I called "mud brown". Never did like it, and now it has finally been updated. I LOVE white trim in a house. Always have, so the mud color didn't set right with me even after three years. My expert painter friend (you know who!) transformed the rooms in the last month, and here's a couple pictures. Lighting is not the best, but you get the idea. Here is the entry, with white trims, white closet, and even white posts on the stairwell! The wall is a color called "sandstone", which is difficult to see in this photo, but trust me, it's not yellow. :)

Here's the closet again, and the folding laundry room doors. Looks so fresh and LIGHT. I Love it!

White is the subject of Daily Paintworks weekly challenge. Artists were encouraged to either use a reference provided or come up with a reference of their own with white background and 85% white objects in the still life. I found a couple things in my sewing room and gave it a try. Below is a picture of my still set-up and you can click over to the Maple Dreams Blog to see the result.

Oh, and I ordered another set of pastels. I had heard that collecting different pastel brands might become addicting, but really, it's just this once, okay? (?) The new brand is softer than my first set and great for layering. I did today's painting completely with the new set, but I plan to use both sets in combination, generally, with harder pastels forming the first layers of a painting, followed by softer ones.