KaySmithBrushworks

Lilac Chair

2012-01-27T22:53:00.000-06:00

22x15 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper, Daniel Smith paints. This is an older painting featuring a rather worn wooden chair with chipped paint stuck in the garden to hold plants. I have painted other versions changing the direction and adding other flowers such as geraniums to the wire basket. I painted this wet in wet and did negative painting on background and foreground.

Sunflower

2012-01-26T23:17:00.000-06:00

15x22 watercolor from a bowed head sunflower photo taken in Odessa, TX. I first painted it in acrylics on canvas years ago and now have done in another medium. Its title is "Sun Worshipper" and is largely yellow and blue.

Mission Landscape

2012-01-25T20:39:00.000-06:00

15x22 watercolor imaginary landscape that put a southwest mission into its rolling hills. This was painted wet in wet on 140 lb cold press paper.

Stray Calico

2012-01-24T19:48:00.000-06:00

6x9 watercolor on Strathmore painted today for a weekend drawing event; photo courtesy WetCanvas! This little stray looked so forlorn that I just had to paint her lovely eyes and face.

Jacque Rabbit reworked watercolor demo

2012-01-23T21:16:00.000-06:00

22x15 watercolor, gouache, over failed watercolor painting of a too detailed floral. One of my line drawings was placed over the old one and the shape outlined in fine tip Sharpie. I placed a full sheet acetate over and began laying in large areas with paint to see what worked and what did not. There was lots of negative painting in the original piece and I wanted some of that patterning to show in the finished rabbit. This was begun as a demo last Monday at the Palette Club in Midland, TX. There are tiny touches of line emphasized with Caran D'Ache watersoluble crayons. I will be back there in June 7-9 for a short workshop teaching this method; email me to find out more: kay1971smith@aol.com

Here is the old failed painting, an imaginary floral which shows what was in my brain at the time last year, mostly nothing! I did like the warm coral, pink, gold, yellow, magenta, and orange colors accented by the dark hunter and lime greens, and cobalt teal blue.

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Fruit of the Spirit

2012-01-22T17:33:00.000-06:00

22x30 watercolor of pears and apple still life that includes a mission front. The apple is cut indicating Eve has been busy while the entrance to the church is open for all to partake of the fruit of the Spirit.

Applecations

2012-01-21T20:23:00.000-06:00

22x13 watercolor demo done a little over a year ago of apples drawn from life then stacked vertically with overlapping shapes, different colors, and negative painting. The demo was for my studio workshop group.

Lounge Lizard

2012-01-20T21:16:00.000-06:00

22x20 watercolor on Kilimanjaro 140 lb cold press paper. I took a photo of a regular cat and made him pink, green and yellow on a red orange lounge chair.

January Snow

2012-01-19T21:15:00.000-06:00

5x7 watercolor of first of the year snow along a country road. The sun has come out and promised clearer skies for those who wait.

Peppermint Blossom

2012-01-18T20:50:00.000-06:00

10x14 watercolor of a white peony and its variegated red and pink petals. This was painted wet in wet on Saunders 140 lb cold press paper. This painting is SOLD.

Old Goat Cart

2012-01-16T20:22:00.000-06:00

22x15 watercolor painted wet in wet on Saunders 300 lb cold press paper from an old New Mexico scene in a southwest style patio. The cart was loaded with potted plants and vividly colored annuals such as geraniums. I particularly like the long diagonal shadows of the vigas.

Last One in's a Rotten Egg

2012-01-14T21:09:00.000-06:00

12x24 watercolor imaginary scene of myself far left and two cousins playing in the lake when we were younger. Those were the days!
"The last one in is a rotten egg!" you could hear us yelling as we ran to jump off the dock into the cold water of Lake JB Thomas.

Pauline's Teapot and Peonies - still life

2012-01-13T22:51:00.000-06:00

15x22 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper, a still life set up with china teapot, a gold pitcher of white peonies, and green gold scarf on a dark grey blue table.

Nature's Daisies watermedia collage

2012-01-12T20:43:00.000-06:00

15x22 watercolor that had color dropped on its Saunders surface then negatively painting around to save whites. Multiple leaves and stems followed then collage rice paper elements added last.

Moth Orchids - phalaenopsis

2012-01-11T20:20:00.000-06:00

15x11 watercolor on Arches 140 lb hot press paper of white moth orchids against a splashy abstract background. I tried to incorporate stems and petals into the direct washes or just a suggestion of those forms.

Peppermint Parrot Tulips

2012-01-09T20:21:00.000-06:00

15x22 watercolor painted wet in wet on 140 lb cold press paper; this peppermint red & white tulip and the red ones were in a hotel floral arrangement I photographed on a trip to Dallas.

Little Mollie kitten

2012-01-08T17:11:00.000-06:00

5.5x9 inches watercolor pet portrait on Strathmore 140 lb paper, Daniel Smith paints. This is Elaine's kitten from WetCanvas and she is featured on this weekend drawing event. I used a black and white copy of her photo to paint this in about 45 minutes.

Old Buffalo Resting

2012-01-07T20:17:00.000-06:00

7.5 x 9.5 gouache and Caran D'Ache over ink sketch posted a few days ago. This is on matboard and ink is Elegant Writer pen. I decided the old bull needed color so added it in a vignette style.

Sierra Shadows

2012-01-06T22:08:00.000-06:00

5.5 x 7 watercolor on Strathmore 140 lb cold press paper from one of my Lincoln National Forest Sierra Blanca photos. It was started yesterday and finished today. This was an autumn snowfall a few years ago and I'd hiked to the top with my camera looking for subjects to paint. Plein air that morning was too cold!

Las Palmas

2012-01-05T20:24:00.000-06:00

22x15 watercolor of the palms at Arizona Golf Resort and building; this painting is SOLD.

Green Wicker and Clay Goat

2012-01-04T19:15:00.000-06:00

15x22 watercolor of my old pale green wicker patio chair with clay goat planter from New Mexico. It held a pot that made fascinating shadow patterns across the chair back. This painting was one of the first ones published in a book by Christopher Willard on color mixing, the 12-hue method by Rockport publishers.

Resting Buffalo sketch

2012-01-03T21:14:00.000-06:00

7.5 x 9.5 ink sketch of a resting bull, on tan Crescent matboard drawn this afternoon.

Cactus Jack

2012-01-02T20:02:00.000-06:00

12x9 watercolor on Strathmore 140 lb CP paper, Daniel Smith paints. I started with a limited palette of quinacridone gold, permanent rose, and manganese and cobalt blues, doing an underpainting first. This is from my photo taken on the Tucson VA hospital grounds where was lucky enough to see a still jackrabbit posing for my camera. The saguaro stands tall, the guardian of the desert, over all living creatures.

White Pansies and Bunny - Happy New Year!

2012-01-01T21:37:00.000-06:00

11x15 watercolor of my last spring's pansies and old rabbit head in my windowbox. As the first painting of the new year, have a happy one!

Fencerow Sunflowers

2011-12-31T20:45:00.000-06:00

5.25 x 4.25 watercolor of wild sunflowers lined up in a row by an old white picket fence. You can see these type flowering weeds growing everywhere.

Window Box of Flowers

2011-12-30T20:52:00.000-06:00

23x35 watercolor on Yupo synthetic paper, a commission that is now SOLD.
The customer wanted her blue window box of various annuals highlighted against the yellow stucco wall.

Daily Special chef

2011-12-29T20:21:00.000-06:00

22x15 watercolor on Fabriano 140 lb hot press paper, drawn from a tiny figurine from my chef collection. This image was used by the local United Way campaign a few years ago and is one of my favorites.

Wacky Birdhouses

2011-12-28T19:38:00.000-06:00

10x8 watercolor of a grouping of fun birdhouses no real bird would set foot or claw into.
This painting is SOLD.

Murray River

2011-12-27T19:59:00.000-06:00

11x15 watercolor of the Murray River, at twilight, located in Australia. Ref courtesy of WetCanvas image library. I like how the darkness encloses and envelops the stark trees and setting sun on its water.

White Gold poinsettia

2011-12-26T20:14:00.000-06:00

10.5 x 16 watercolor on Arches 140 lb cold press paper, Daniel Smith paints, begun on Christmas eve then painted each day through today. A few years ago I bought a large white poinsettia with mottled golden leaves with red splotches and took many photos. The first painting had the large plant with roses behind it and I sold it quickly as a husband's gift to his wife. This is the second painting featuring the white gold leaves and bracts of that lovely specimen. At least in our area I've not seen any more poinsettias as lovely as this was. Happy New Year everybody!

Meltdown

2011-12-25T20:46:00.000-06:00

6x4 watercolor of two snowmen slowly going down, down, down under suddenly sunny skies. This painting is SOLD.

Wild Fuchsia Christmas Ball

2011-12-24T20:14:00.000-06:00

10.5 x 8 watercolor begun a few days ago then finished today during the continuous snow. No one was out shopping so I stayed in the studio and painted. For this image, I used a large hot pink fuchsia Christmas ornament. Light reflections are the shapes seen within. For shapes outside the sphere, I drew a nail polish bottle and let its top rounded edge be seen within the ball. Lastly I used a rubber stencil stamp to make the curlicue marks for patterns. Some of these lacy looking areas were imaginary on the polish bottle as seen on far lower right. Merry Christmas to all of you!

Ice Machine polar bear

2011-12-23T23:11:00.000-06:00

6.5 x 7.5 watercolor on gessoed board of a lone polar bear making his way across the frozen tundra.

Wintry Barn

2011-12-22T22:05:00.000-06:00

15x22 watercolor painted wet in wet in this imaginary snowy landscape. This work is SOLD.

You Better Watch Out Santa

2011-12-20T19:49:00.000-06:00

12 x 5.5 watercolor painted today of the old Santa himself checking his list and looking for naughty boys and girls. This is on Arches 140 lb cold press paper.

Barnyard Snowman

2011-12-19T20:58:00.000-06:00

10.5 x 5.5 watercolor of a happy fellow in the country in the barnyard. After all the animals need entertaining, too, for wintertime blues.

Lilypad Illusions

2011-12-18T13:31:00.000-06:00

11.5 x 28.5 watercolor over abstract underpainting with several blues and aureolin yellow applied very wetly. When dry, I used my #28 round brush only (no pencil) to do negative painting establishing forms of the pads. No masking fluid used, only paper over white flowers secured with bits of masking tape. Daniel Smith paints were used; backruns encouraged and enhanced.

Pen Gwen

2011-12-17T21:22:00.000-06:00

30 x 22 acrylic on watercolor paper 140 lb cold press, wax crayon resist. The title is a pun, a play on words, for penguin, so here she is in her red sunglasses taking a stroll along a snowy path.

Down for the Count Snowman

2011-12-16T18:15:00.000-06:00

6x4 watercolor snowman, another in my series of melting figures wishing everyone a merry and happy holiday season! Merry Christmas!

Fox in the Snow

2011-12-15T21:48:00.000-06:00

9x12 watercolor of a woodland fox coming out to hunt its next meal. This vignette was painted in a direct but loose manner in one application.

Old St. Nick

2011-12-14T19:58:00.000-06:00

11x15 watercolor of the old man himself ready for Christmas. I drew this figure from a life size Santa doll and hope he can fool all the boys and girls on his annual North Pole trip across the skies.

Goner Snowman

2011-12-13T19:42:00.000-06:00

9 x 4.75 watercolor on Italia 140 lb cold press paper, another melting gentleman in my snowman series done today. This fellow is a GONER! Even the cardinal perched on his hat knows the end is near and he can make a birdnest out of the leftover parts OR peck at the carrot for lunch.

Almost Gone Snowman

2011-12-12T20:05:00.000-06:00

6.5 x 5 watercolor on Italia 140 lb paper, drawn and painted today right after my studio overhead lights were fixed. Now I can see like daylight in that dark kitchen. This fellow is another in my series of melting snowmen and still looks quite happy to be Almost Gone!

White Amaryllis

2011-12-11T19:16:00.000-06:00

11x15 watercolor on Arches 140 lb rough paper of fresh white amaryllis blooms. The background is totally imaginative. These lovelies are just waiting for holiday excitement at Christmas.

Done Gone Melting Snowman

2011-12-10T20:14:00.000-06:00

6.25 x 4.75 watercolor on Italia 140 lb cold press paper, painted yesterday for a little fun image of a snowman giving up the ghost once the sun came out.

Christmas Tractor

2011-12-09T20:49:00.000-06:00

12x9 watercolor of a broken down ancient antique tractor that has seen better days than this snowstorm, yet a wreath hangs on its front to celebrate Christmas. Merry Christmas!

Christmas Balls, Birds, and Branches

2011-12-08T21:12:00.000-06:00

9.5 x 18 inches watercolor of glass balls and birds, real branches, and snowy forest background. I painted this last December and really liked the horizontal format and the holiday feel to the decorations.

Winter Farmhouse

2011-12-07T20:58:00.000-06:00

16x20 watercolor scene of white farmhouse decked out for Christmas with wreaths on the doors and its own tree out front in the snow.

Poinsettia Patterns - a poured watercolor painting

2011-12-06T19:41:00.000-06:00

22x15 watercolor of various colored poinsettia plants that I made by doing negative painting once initial poured colors had dried on 140 lb cold press paper. (In some areas I put down 1" wide pieces of masking tape first.) I let the paints mix and mingle on the surface then developed the loose abstract design, trying to preserve whites.

Reindeer

2011-12-06T06:53:00.000-06:00

11x7.5 watercolor on Saunders 140 lb cold press paper, drawn and painted yesterday for the landscape monthly challenge in WetCanvas! an online artist community. This fellow appears to be waiting the sleigh and Santa for their journey into the skies.

Mr. Snowman

2011-12-05T19:49:00.000-06:00

15x11 watercolor of a friend's two nieces building a snowman outside and he appears happy to have them make him come alive. You can see the front lawn still had green grass.

Cosmos and Coneflowers

2011-12-04T20:51:00.000-06:00

10x30 watercolor floral to perk up the dreariest of days. This is on Arches 140 lb cold press paper and is done wet on dry method with Daniel Smith paints. With all the snow scenes I've been doing lately it was time to change to a bright happy floral. Tomorrow I will return to Christmas and winter themed art, so stay tuned.

Gingerbread House

2011-12-03T20:11:00.000-06:00

11x12.5 watercolor on Saunders 140 lb cold press paper. This tiny house is ready for Christmas and ready to eat!

Longview Christmas House

2011-12-02T21:34:00.000-06:00

15x22 watercolor on Winsor Newton 140 lb cold press paper house and landscape all ready for Christmas and its season of joy. This old Victorian home was actually unoccupied and rundown when I photographed it so I made it habitable again with curtains and a fresh evergreen wreath in the windows.

December snow scene

2011-12-01T18:01:00.000-06:00

15x22 watercolor imaginary landscape with snow I painted about 2 years ago, then it was selected as a card design by a major company. From its frozen stream to the cold grey skies here's hoping your December is a grand one!

Snow Bunker landscape

2011-11-30T21:15:00.000-06:00

22x30 watercolor, acrylic, torn brown paper packing material and golf scenes collage on 300 lb Saunders wc paper. This mixed media collage was painted in a group paint out in a neighboring town near their golf course.

Beverly - mixed media figure

2011-11-29T19:26:00.000-06:00

22x15 charcoal drawn figure on 140 lb hot press Fabriano paper with gouache paint and Caran D'Ache crayon accents. Paper was prepared by adhering old phone book pages with half matte medium and half water then pulling off leaving parts of the Fabriano visible.
This woman was at a neighborhood hat party and had her eyes closed while talking. Background elements are imaginary abstractions.

November

2011-11-28T21:56:00.000-06:00

11x15 watercolor of a cold November day in the country landscape. Since the month is almost over it was time to post this scene preparing for colder days ahead.

Partial to Red Poinsettias

2011-11-27T11:54:00.000-06:00

15x20 watercolor on the back of an old dog that wasn't worth trying to make better. I spritzed water then threw paint loosely with 1" brush in wide areas using NO PENCIL. Let dry, then began to carve out red, pink, and all shades in between of poinsettia leaves with green at bottom of potted plant. Background is neutral with UB, Coastal Fog mix and some Periwinkle Blue (American Journey) colors.

Winter Wolves

2011-11-25T22:24:00.000-06:00

20x16 watercolor on Arches 140 lb cold press paper, Daniel Smith paints. In this wintry imaginary scene, three wolves gather to plan their next activity within the snow covered trees and brush.

Flower Market

2011-11-24T20:46:00.000-06:00

Flower merchants line up with their lovely wares while other vendors peruse this open air market in South America. This 22x15 watercolor depicts their daily life amongst vivid hues of gladiolas and lilies.

Red Mesa and Buffalo

2011-11-23T20:26:00.000-06:00

12x24 watercolor on Arches 140 lb cold press paper, painted wet in wet today. Signal Peak mountain is east of our town of Big Spring in west Texas and is part of the Great Plains where the Cherokees roamed. In this imaginary scene I ignored local color and made the terrain red and red orange while the animals are pale gold with cool highlights.

Florist Lilies

2011-11-22T21:37:00.000-06:00

22x15 watercolor floral of pink and white and yellow lilies from the florist. Painted loosely wet in wet there are also red toned flowers behind called fillers. No masking was used.

Dog Pet Portrait

2011-11-21T20:12:00.000-06:00

22x15 watercolor dog portrait commission for her owner's Christmas surprise. I've no idea what breed she is but she is adorable and so fluffy. In the photo provided she was waiting for someone to throw the ball so she could play. This work is SOLD.

Sunbaked Adobe

2011-11-20T18:50:00.000-06:00

15x11 watercolor on Winsor Newton 140 lb cold press paper, Daniel Smith paints. This was drawn from a scene I photographed in Phoenix, Arizona and is painted both wet in wet and wet on dry.

Cat on Blue Bench

2011-11-19T20:56:00.000-06:00

5.5 x 7.5 watercolor of tabby cat Dave lying on his old faded blue bench. He belongs to Lin who provided this photo of him for our Weekend Drawing Event on WetCanvas!

Parody of Parrots

2011-11-18T22:16:00.000-06:00

30x22 acrylic on watercolor paper 140 lb cold press. My Puerto Rican parrot photographs provided me with vivid hues and eager excitement. I wanted one large central bird on a full sheet of paper to say ‘tropical foliage and feathers.’ Drawing from memory, I placed a large head at the top. Using curved line dominance in a vertical format, I repeated interlocking shapes for movement with the main parrot’s body. The medium and small birds’ heads were created by using negative painting. White areas were left untouched. Finding my background too busy, I unified its abstraction by adding mint and turquoise green acrylic and letting small pieces of underpainting show.
This was a fun process as its focus was on design and this work is SOLD.

Mad as a Wet Hen

2011-11-17T21:47:00.000-06:00

15x22 watercolor and ink on 140 lb cold press paper, drawn using several photos then painted wet in wet. After it dried I went back in with black India ink for minimal line work and loaded watercolor onto a brush for splatters of paint.

Dragonfly with Poppies

2011-11-16T20:37:00.001-06:00

13.5 x 16.25 watercolor and spray webbing on gessoed matboard. The silver spray created a lacy transparent effect on its wings. Since I love poppies I added them to the background. Last summer I painted this, entered into a juried show, but have not posted it here.

Sunflower Glowing

2011-11-15T19:37:00.000-06:00

11x15 watercolor on Saunders 140 lb cold press of a mature sunflower; this was my demo yesterday for a workshop in San Angelo, TX.
I have painted several versions of this flower and one of those was all in pinks and is now sold. Each version is more fun than the last. It was done wet in wet with transparent colors.

Little Friskies

2011-11-14T21:45:00.000-06:00

22x30 mixed media collage on Saunders Waterford 300 lb paper. The 3 cats are painted on Yupo, a synthetic paper, cut out then adhered to printed images of Purina's cat chow I laid on my Epson printer from a real food bag. These collage elements are on top of acrylic painted watercolor paper. I really ought to send this to Purina for their Friskies line.

Heirloom Hollyhocks

2011-11-13T21:38:00.000-06:00

30x11 watercolor on 140 lb Italia cold press paper, painted in a direct manner on paper spritzed with water. Drawn from my studio hollyhocks these regal reds emphasize their heirloom quality as old fashioned flowers so full of nostalgia. This painting has won Best of Show.

Popping up Poppies

2011-11-12T17:50:00.000-06:00

11x15 watercolor done today on hot press paper on the backside of a failed dog portrait, so this one was an old dog for sure. This scene is largely pure fun of orange poppies using Daniel Smith's transparent pyrrol orange and new gamboge, and was featured in a timed contest on WetCanvas in the Weekend Drawing Event. My time was 55 minutes using direct painting of darks first on dry paper.

Ruby Slippers - Red Roses for Veterans

2011-11-11T20:24:00.000-06:00

7.5 5.5 watercolor, drawn and painted from life this morning at 1100 hours on 11-11-11, to honor our nation's veterans on their day. Red roses signify love and the red splatters denote bloodshed of those wounded or unable to come home, past and present. Happy Veterans Day to all of you, our brave men and women!

Balancing Act - vegetable still life

2011-11-10T20:52:00.000-06:00

18x12 watercolor of two onions and a red bell pepper balancing on a sunflower mosaic vase I'd turned on its side. They're resting on cut glass mosaic top of an old hospital stretcher in my studio. At upper left is a portion of Talavera pottery holding plants. I set up this still life last year then drew and painted it before the onions and pepper got too ripe sitting in the sunny south window. This is dry brush on Strathmore 140 lb cold press paper.

Fantasy Flowers

2011-11-08T20:40:00.000-06:00

15x22 watercolor wet in wet on Saunders Waterford 140 lb paper painted last night and today of imaginary flowers. They could be cosmos, peonies, poppies, tulips, you name it. Look closely and you can see negative painting of leaves, stems and other natural foliage in between its shapes.

Nesters - Birds in Broken Clay Pot

2011-11-07T06:13:00.000-06:00

15x22 watercolor on Lanaquarelle 140 lb hot press paper of two birds nesting inside broken clay pot. I had first painted this close up of tiny items a few years ago then took the painting and redid its main areas. The tiny birds and pot nestle inside a larger clay pot holding a topiary from a florist. With my camera I shot a macro view for art purposes; the birds are actually made of mushrooms so I had to make them appear realistic.

Unlisted Number - watermedia collage

2011-11-06T09:03:00.000-06:00

22x15 Fabriano 140 lb hot press paper, charcoal drawing of a mannikin profile, then watercolor, gouache, and gift wrap paper from Dollar General used as collage in parts on her blouse. I had painted this figure before only reverse profile using transparent watercolor.
The hot press paper was treated first using a technique Liz Hill taught us in her class last month where you lay phone book pages down then peel them off, hence the title.

Ranchos de Taos - Stormy Night

2011-11-05T06:52:00.000-05:00

12.5 x 22 watercolor of an imaginary stormy scene at Ranchos de Taos, the most photographed church in America. Located in New Mexico I stopped here and took many views to paint. Its walls are an ochre in color but I have rendered them white in this painting and given the church an orange roof. Its crosses depict hope and calm for weary souls amidst turmoil and uncertainty.

White Cyclamen

2011-11-03T20:34:00.000-05:00

22x15 watercolor of my white blooming cyclamen plant in sunny south studio window. White subjects are my favorite to paint as you must inject color and muted tones within the white. In watercolor you simply use the white of the paper and no white paint as in other mediums.

Rosemary II

2011-11-02T20:08:00.000-05:00

22x15 watercolor, gouache, watersoluble crayon and colored pencil, plus charcoal. This painting was done last weekend and I have reversed the image from the first time I drew this figure. In the first one I used paper napkin collage as well as acrylics for the pattern and background respectively.

Mission with Statue

2011-11-01T19:44:00.000-05:00

30x22 watercolor of a California mission and statue of St. Francis I painted a few years ago. This is a direct application painting wet in wet.

Hollyhocks Hurrah

2011-10-31T20:31:00.000-05:00

1/2 sheet Italia 140 lb cold press, WN paints, of pink and red hollies seen blooming their last hurrah while recently in Prescott, Arizona. No pencil drawing was done, brush only, and I added leaves, stems, and other shapes in the background. Plain water was used with #12 brush to outline shapes then colors dropped in and allowed to mingle as watercolor should be. Size is 15x22 inches.

It is Halloween-Pumpkin Kitty

2011-10-30T20:21:00.003-05:00

15x11 watercolor of my kitty embracing a large pumpkin to celebrate fall and Halloween which is here!

Chris Beck had issued a challenge for us to paint a spooky image (not too sure mine is spooky but may be spunky). She will be posting our images on her blog along with Pablo Villicana Lara on his blog.

Please take a look at our artwork on their blogs.

Chris Beck: http://chrisbeckstudio.blogspot.com/2011/10/halloween-challenge.html
Pablo Villicana Lara: http://www.mylittlepaintbox.blogspot.com/

List of ParticipantsJanet Belich:

Janet Belich: http://janetbelich.blogspot.com/

Debbie Cannatella: http://www.dcannatella.blogspot.com/

R. Garriott: http://www.rgarriott.blogspot.com/

Jeanette Jobson: http://illustratedlife.blogspot.com/

Ron Morrison: http://watercolourproductions.blogspot.com/

Diahn Ott: http://artbydiahn.blogspot.com/

Suzy Pal Powell: http://www.suzypal.blogspot.com/

Terry Rafferty: http://terryrafferty.blogspot.com/

Deb Ward: http://debwardart.blogspot.com/

Brenda York: http://brendayork.blogspot.com/

Bunch of Carrots

2011-10-29T22:20:00.000-05:00

7x5 watercolor on Fabriano Artistico 140 lb hot press paper of fresh carrots ready for the cook's pot, with lots of fiber and good vitamin A just for you.

Elephants - a watercolor collage

2011-10-28T09:24:00.000-05:00

7.5 x 5.5 watercolor with hand colored rice paper collage on Italia 140 lb cold press paper; American Journey paints. I really wanted to show the texture of the ellies rough hide. Photo ref Wet Canvas reference image library.

Albuquerque Town - Southwest Shops

2011-10-27T22:19:00.000-05:00

15x22 watercolor on Fabriano 140 lb hot press paper from several photo references of mine taken while in New Mexico. An imaginary scene of shoppers eyeing colorful Indian blankets and wares. This painting was done Tuesday during JoBeth Gilliam's class in Lamesa, TX.

Barnyard Boss

2011-10-26T20:16:00.000-05:00

15x11 watercolor on rice paper using wax resist of two fowl birds, a rooster and a hen, that were drawn from life.

Hay Barn and Silos

2011-10-25T20:35:00.000-05:00

15x22 watercolor imaginary farm scene on Saunders 140 lb paper, painted wet in wet. From the chickens pecking in the foreground to hay stacked inside and the blue skies above this painting brings back many memories of farm life and the hard work that goes with it.

Garden Nook

2011-10-24T21:26:00.000-05:00

10 3/4 x 16 inches, watercolor on 300 lb Saunders paper, a totally imaginary scene of a quiet place to sit, read, or rest awhile. My basket of roses and straw hat are on the old concrete bench while a trellis supports other garden plants and flowers.

Splash 7 Tulips Bouquet

2011-10-23T21:03:00.000-05:00

22x15 watercolor of mixed tulips in old white vase. This still life is remembering the flowers painted I bought myself after getting my work of a white cockatoo included in North Light's Splash series. It is painted wet in wet on 140 lb cold press paper.

Wildflowers - Yellow Primrose

2011-10-22T21:56:00.000-05:00

15x22 watercolor of yellow evening primrose, a common roadside flowering weed or wildflower. I photographed these close up growing in the vacant lot next door then painted them. This painting was my first one accepted into the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies a few years ago in Surprise, Arizona.

Cat Pet Portrait

2011-10-21T20:30:00.000-05:00

5x7 watercolor of white kitty from one of my older references; this was painted in my hotel rooms while traveling in Arizona this week. I believe it is a Turkish Angora breed.

Zebra Vibration - mixed watermedia

2011-10-20T11:23:00.000-05:00

30x22 mixed media (watercolor, ink, wax crayon, acrylic) over a failed abstract work.

Blue Jeanz - a mixed watermedia figure

2011-10-19T15:45:00.000-05:00

22x15 self portrait in mixed watermedia with gesso stamping on prepared matboard.

Two Chinese Characters

2011-10-18T08:10:00.000-05:00

Watercolor 14x22 of two iconic Oriental figures dancing in confetti shapes on a pink background.

Lilac Chair

2011-10-17T20:34:00.000-05:00

22x15 watercolor of a lilac basket perched on an old pale blue wooden garden chair. This is the second time I've painted the subject and have also done it twice using geraniums and a different chair. Garden subjects are so much fun to paint and depict a carefree day.

Mums Sale

2011-10-16T20:40:00.000-05:00

15x22 watercolor on Kilimanjaro 140 lb cold press paper from a photo I took a few years ago in Home Depot's parking lot by their greenhouses. It was October and the beginning of cooler weather and the perfect time to plant chrysanthemums.

I Remember When

2011-10-15T09:50:00.000-05:00

30x22 watercolor of an imaginary saloon bar gal back in early Western days; this is a commission.

Cuppa Cocoa still life

2011-10-14T20:33:00.000-05:00

5.75 x 7.25 inches watercolor over Micron 01 pen drawing on Italia 140 lb watercolor paper of a steaming cup of hot chocolate cocoa, whipped cream, spoon, and dairy creamer. Still life photo courtesy Jean from WetCanvas from this weekend drawing event challenge.