Tuesday, August 13, 2024

Charming Cactus

8x5.25 watercolor desert landscape on Moleskine paper done the first day of August using White Nights paints, painting wet on dry, with this realistic grouping of prickly pear cactus pods. The blooms are always interesting to see and to paint. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2024
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1 comment:

Jo Castillo said...

Ahhh, love those prickly pears.

August 15, 2024 at 11:42 PM

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