Sunday, April 13, 2014

Daffodils

5.5x8 watercolor of fresh spring daffodils painted yesterday while in the mountains of New Mexico.  The bottom leaves are negatively painted by first applying a light value wash, letting dry, then using darker values, paint around stems and leaf shapes.  This was a challenge on WetCanvas.com for the Weekend Drawing Event.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2014 Kay Smith.

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1 comment:

Unknown said...

Ahhh....these speak "Spring" to me.

April 15, 2014 at 8:10 AM

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