Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Cosmos Charisma

15x11 watercolor on Kilimanjaro 140 lb cold press paper with Daniel Smith paints.  This one is a demo finished a few days ago for an online painting group.  I used pale pink cosmos that grew in my studio garden.  First I did an abstract underpainting with primaries of permanent rose, ultramarine blue, and arylide yellow, then did the flowers wet on dry.  The pencil drawing for it could be also used horizontally.  This is direct painting with one application of pigment.  It is now SOLD.
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5 comments:

Christiane Kingsley said...

Kay, this is absolutely gorgeous. Those Cosmos seem to be dancing!

July 18, 2012 at 8:58 PM
Angela said...

I LOVE this one!

July 18, 2012 at 10:37 PM
Kay Smith said...

Thank you!

July 19, 2012 at 5:34 AM
mollie jones said...

Kay...this is drop dead gorgeous. You always have the cleanest colors and the richest backgrounds...just love this.

July 19, 2012 at 4:04 PM
Anonymous said...

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Wow. This is a breathtaking work of art. Simply gorgeous.

July 21, 2012 at 4:01 AM

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