Single Hollyhock

6x6 watercolor quickly done last month using a brush only, no ref photo or pencil sketch. I had little time so fast and furious went my efforts. This is painted in my Masters Touch sketchbook 80 lb paper. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Sunsplashed Hollyhock

10.5x8 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper done over last weekend using White Nights paints. I featured my photo reference on this month's Watermedia forum challenge on WetCanvas. The pink hollyhocks amongst other colors were grown in my studio backyard. Light values indicate strong sunshine on its leaves and darker values are present for cast shadows. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

White and Pink Hollyhocks

12x6 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done today using one of my studio hollyhock photos from a few years ago. These fragile thin petals of the white ones showed me many colors of pale pinks and lavender as well as blue. The darker value shadows as seen behind the blooms makes them all the more unique. An abstract background was put in rather than the old house next door shingles. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Sunday Hollyhock

4.75x4 watercolor on 300 lb Saunders cold press paper done this afternoon, sketching with multilead Magic colored pencil first then painted wet in wet.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith