Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Making Music New Orleans Style

18x24 watercolor on Canson Montval 140 lb cold press block with American Journey, DaVinci, and Daniel Smith paints. A step by step work in progress is being posted over on the group blog Art Colony if anyone would like to see how I start and finish a direct painting style watermedia.

3 comments:

Sandra Busby said...

I really love this! Everything about it! I particularly love his puffed up cheeks :0D

Kay Smith said...

Thank you Sandra, it was most fun.

Vernita Hoyt said...

This painting turned out really well. Good job, Kay! Someday I want to paint those darker skin tones.

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