Tossed Tulips

4x11 watercolor on Canson XL 140 lb cold press done last of March, drawing and painting from life, my silk tulips, just in time to see real ones blooming. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Red Velvet Tulips

22x30 watercolor of close view or macro red tulips; some had light yellow green variegated petals. This is painted on 140 lb cold press Saunders Waterford paper wet in wet using 2" wide brush and lots of Daniel Smith reds. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Red Tulip Pot

22x15 watercolor on Daler Rowney Langton Prestige 140 lb cold press paper with Daniel Smith, American Journey, and DaVinci paints completed today. The old painted wood wall was attractive and placing red blooming tulips in a pot seems to electrify the image of this floral still life. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Tulips on Fire

7x5 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done last week as a commission; this work is SOLD.

Candy Stripers

22x30 watercolor on Saunders 140 lb cold press paper, Da Vinci and Daniel Smith paints, working wet in wet. Tulips, especially variegated, like these are my favorite flower.  A complementary color palette of reds and mixed greens is challenging to use as well.  Reds:  Alizarin crimson, Grumbacher red, perylene maroon, quinacridones: coral, magenta, violet, and permanent rose.  Other colors:  Arylide yellow, quinacridone gold, UB, Prussian blue.  This is an older work and is SOLD.

COPYRIGHT Kay Smith.

Display of White Tulips

15x11 watercolor on Bienfang 140 lb cold press paper just completed in a return to floral still life subjects and especially white items to paint.  It is a more loose interpretation with an abstract background; I even sneaked in a hot fuchsia bloom or two in the back.
Image COPYRIGHT 2017 Kay Smith.