My Birthday Flowers

8x8 watercolor on Masters Touch premium 140 lb cold press paper. I did a side sketch of my large bouquet of flowers sent last month then painted it wet on dry. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Ann's Garden Variety

15x22 watercolor on Saunders 140 lb cold press paper, a still life of white onions and ceramic pitcher with a red vase of fresh flowers we set up to draw and paint.  Flowers were carnations, mums, sunflowers, baby's breath, daisies, and zinnias.  This work SOLD.
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith.

BEFORE version of China Cabinet

This is the still life that got me interested in reworking into a vertical composition as posted below in China Cabinet.
Size 15x22; flowers, vase, pitcher, onions and cloth were items we used to paint from in an oil painting workshop with Ann Templeton in Odessa, TX several years ago.  I used many of my photos of those to paint watercolors later on.  I just did not like this one as my white pitcher proportions are off.  Flowers were okay but not spectacular and there was plenty of color.  When reworking it I did crop it as you can see from comparison of the two.  The title of this one was called Ann's Garden Variety.