Memorial Day Hydrangeas

5.5 x 5.5 watercolor painted yesterday and today in Arteza 110 lb paper sketchbook. Every May I am getting only one or two hydrangea blossoms so decided to paint this as a reminder. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Viv's Hydrangeas

9x14 watercolor on partly gessoed matboard, a floral array painted from using a black & white photocopy of fellow artist Viv's, in New Zealand, hydrangeas.
COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Botanical Hydrangea commission

12x9 watercolor over ink line on Canson 140 lb cold press, painted last week, one of two commissions.  Background was painted to resemble old cream colored parchment paper.  This work is SOLD.
COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Hydrangea Vase

14x11 watercolor of a brown glass vase and blue hydrangeas on Saunders 140 lb cold press paper, painted wet into wet allowing colors to blend and mix in this floral still life.
COPYRIGHT 2018 Kay Smith.

Hydrangea Bouquet

18x11.5 watercolor work in progress is now complete.  There is a window behind the blooms.  The rest of the white, pink, and lilac colored hydrangea heads were put in with their dark leaves followed by the blue vase and its rusty areas.  The bottom portion does not show here but extends down a little more.  Splattering with various colors including thalo yellow green was done when dry.
Image COPYRIGHT 2017 Kay Smith.

Hydrangea Bouquet WIP

18x11.5 watercolor work in progress (WIP) begun a few days ago using only a 1" flat sable brush.  Sketched in pencil on wet Canson 140 lb cold press paper, I put in the varied greens in the background first, not the darks first I usually begin doing.  Next was pale pink and white hydrangea blooms followed by deeper pink and peach toned ones.  The old vase colors were actually two:  Blue Bice and Andrew's turquoise.  I was inspired by my own plants that have leafed out by the front door and am trying for a nice and soft floral arrangement.  Stay tuned for the finish.
Image COPYRIGHT 2017 Kay Smith.

Midnight Hydrangeas

5x8 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper completed in 2009 that is now SOLD.  For two days I've been painting hydrangeas inspired by new ones blooming by my front door and was reminded of these in an old metal bucket, one of my favorites.
Image COPYRIGHT 2009 Kay Smith.  Collection Mollie Jones.