Monday, April 18, 2016

Spring Cosmos

4x6 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper that is yesterday's work drawn from life.  Again I used a silk cosmos floral bouquet blooms of white, dark pink, pink, and maroon red.  Unlike the previous one Early Spring Cosmos, the background was painted first.
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith.

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2 comments:

Siggi in Downeast Maine said...

I love how the white and the colors pop on this one ..lovely.

April 19, 2016 at 12:08 AM
Kay Smith said...

Thank you Siggi!

April 20, 2016 at 7:36 PM

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