Red Sunflowers and Fruit

5x6 watercolor on 140 lb Strathmore paper cold press done today from several references.  Red, white and blue are present for 4th of July along with an old white metal pitcher and small fruit bowl.  The sunflowers were grown by me several years ago.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Sunkist still life

22x15 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper done from life in front of my kitchen Windows. Fresh fruits, zinnias, antique vase, Ball jar, leopard cloth all sit on old English oak hutch with beveled mirror.  This still life was painted wet in wet.
Image COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

White Iris and Citrus

7.5x11 watercolor on Arches 140 lb cold press paper/Daniel Smith paints.  Last week in Jan Fabian Wallake's design class at Watercolor Art Society-Houston (WAS-H), we were to draw fruit and flowers in a contemporary manner then paint it.  Emphasis was on elements and principles of design, negative painting, and overall improvement of our existing methods.  With this one, I used flat floating shapes with contour line and uneven negative spaces between each part.  A fun yet thoughtful exercise to shake up your composition if it is in a rut.