Nesting Hummingbirds

4.25x7 watercolor on paper done today, an imaginary set of three hummers in their nest looking for signs of Spring.  This is painted on a magazine insert card for Birds & Blooms.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Hummers and Lilies

11x15 watercolor of Canson 140 lb cold press paper, a family of hummingbirds in the tiger lily garden.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2013 Kay Smith.

Hummer Summer

Finally done with this complex garden art scene featuring the two hummers previously posted, the flying jewels going about their daily drink of nectar.  Composed of my many references and a background of imagination and negative painting, I hope this one is cheery and just the thing to lift up your spirits. Size is 11x15, transparent watercolor on Saunders 200 lb cold press paper, American Journey/Winsor Newton paints.

Detail - Hummer WIP watercolor

This detail is about 4x6 of another hummingbird in upper left of the new nature garden painting. Part of pansy leaves lower right you can see aren't yet painted. It is so dry here that my paper kept evaporating its water at a faster rate than my brush could keep up layering background areas. Don't forget to stay tuned and check back later on this work in progress.

Start of Something New

Just a tease till I get the new painting done. It is a detail from a set of pansies pots in which I drew hummers hovering about waiting to sample nectar; 11x15 watercolor. So stay tuned!