Friday, August 13, 2010

Blue Hydrangeas in Clay Pot

20x16 watercolor on Arches 140 lb cold press paper, drawn and painted from life. Although blue now they'll turn pink in our alkaline soil.

3 comments:

irinasztukowski said...

I love your Hydrangeas Kay. I always admire this flower but when I think how many petals there to paint it makes me feel dizzy ;).
You did a very good job.
Thank you,
Irina

_Frankb10 said...

Wow, this is delightful Kay! I love the way you have used so many different tones in the leaves, and the looseness of the flowers.
I guess this is only part of your painting, if not it's a shame you ran out of paper for the subject.

Kay Smith said...

Thanks Irina and Frank.
No, I cropped as I drew it, did not run out of paper, just saw no need to show the entire pot.

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