Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Coral Red Poppies

9x12 watercolor of coral poppies done today using 3 of my photos taken across the street from our church, different blooms and colors into a new composition.  I used Daniel Smith quinacridone coral, a lovely hue I had decided was too pink so virtually had stopped using it as a stand alone color.  All my reds and oranges, even arylide yellow, were put to use.  Tomorrow I'll be working on a larger design of the fragile flowers and those will be vivid reds.  Support used:  Canson 140 lb cold press paper.
Image COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Hummer and Poppies

5.5x7.5 watercolor using White Nights paints done week before last while on our trip to New Mexico; this hummingbird is featured with poppi...