Of Tulips & Tree-Stumps

As Dave's blog so pointedly reminded me, it is spring, and that means some sort of flower picture, preferably tulips or daffodils, though the latter are more of a "spring is around the corner" flower. The building next to mine has these precariously planted tulips, which I hope make it through the season, but as their plot of ground is obviously not free from traffic, it is hard to know.

It is really only now clearing up, at 6:40 p.m., and the rest of the day has been overcast with a bit of stuttering rain. In celebration of such a lousy day for being outside, I did some doodling with gouache. I tend to doodle, normally just sort of abstract stuff with a ball point at work, starting with shapes and connecting and filling them in and all sorts of stuff. I don't know if I have any at home, but I will try to bring something home and scan it, so my explanation isn't quite so odd. The result of my doodling with gouache, which I went out and bought today as a cheaper and less messy way to play with color than trying to break out the oils in an apartment with off-white carpet, is here:
It looks to me like a doodle, or perhaps a crazed preacher with special effects for the sermon about fire and brimstone he is reciting. Though I guess if it is going to be that, I should add some little round heads on the left, looking rapturous.

Happy Holy Weekend!