December Berries

9x12 watercolor completed today on Fluid 140 lb cold press paper, an imaginary nature scene I've been working on for two days.  Beginning with a light variegated wash of pale yellow, green, and blue that served as an underpainting, I then did multiple glazes and used every red, orange, and pink in the palette for berries.
They are not holly but a unique December red berry bush.
COPYRIGHT 2018 Kay Smith

Berry Bush

4x6 alcohol inks on glossy professional photo paper done last week, an abstract botanical done with only a couple of colors:  Currant and Willow.  Stem was made with the tip of a wooden chopstick that already had dried Mantilla Black and Lettuce colors.  I added a drop of 91% alcohol to it to draw the stem.  I do like this complementary color scheme of red and green using the different hues.
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