Apple Buckets

15x11 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper. Foreground is layered with midtones and darks, different values and strokes of grasses, leaves, and twigs. More burnt sienna and quinacridone burnt orange added to shadow side of upright bucket with some splattering to indicate dings and dents. Also I widened the apple tree trunk on the right side and glazed the bark with quin burnt orange. Background leafy tree now has darker shadowed leaves on its left side. Distant tree line on far right was put in for depth, distance and balance. All in all am pleased with how this still life in a landscape turned out. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2024

Apple Trio

6x8 acrylics over paper in Stillman & Birn sketchbook done last week, part of a WetCanvas challenge with the subject of harvest. I chose apples and like how the shadows turned out with these Red Delicious ones. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Autumn Apple Bucket

4x6 watercolor and ink line on wc paper 140 lb cold press done recently as part of three line and wash exercises. First I painted bands of color on them then developed the subject over the paint, ignoring it if that makes sense. It gives a new dimension to an ordinary painting. This work is SOLD. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith