Birthday Tulip

7x5 watercolor using White Nights paints on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done week before last, a birthday gift to my cousin Sue Ann. Happy birthday! COPYRIGHT 2025 Kay Smith

Tulip Twists

7x9 watercolor on Fabrtiano 140 lb hot press paper done last month, a dramatic floral of white tulip with dark background. Hot press paper is a joy to work on in art. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Red Tulip Face

6x6 watercolor on Masters Touch sketchbook 80 lb cold press paper done last week using another artist's tulip ref photo. The amazing look inside a tulip face is mesmerizing. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Redfire Tulip

11x15 watercolor on Dick Blick 140 lb hot press paper done over the past 3 days, as part of the weekend drawing event on WetCanvas (hosted by Li Newton).  This brilliant orange red tulip was aflame and there was gravel on the right side which I left the white of the paper.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Almost Spring Tulip

7.5x5 alcohol inks on white freezer paper using only 2-3 colors of ink, done as one of the demos Thursday night in Fredericksburg, TX.
I put the light colored background on first then the warm red/pink and blowing the ink from the flower base up and out.  This gave it the tulip shape.  Lastly the stem was added using a cotton swab and a dark green.  This exercise took about 5 minutes for the Die Kunstler Von Fredericksburg (translation:  The Artists of Fredericksburg) art group.
Image COPYRIGHT 2017 Kay Smith.

Windblown Tulip

8.5x11 alcohol inks on photo paper done during our last windstorm day before yesterday in which everything blew and blew and it is not even March yet.  That is when our typical sandstorms happen before the seasons change.  An abstract background of pinks and yellows was put in first then the red blown with a straw and finally the green base and stem.
Image COPYRIGHT 2017 Kay Smith.

Buffalo Gap Tulip demo ~ day 14 of 30 paintings in 30 days challenge

5x7 alcohol inks on Yupo synthetic paper, today's first demo of three, for Abilene's Cultural Arts Center. The art organization meets in the old historic Buffalo Gap, Texas village.  This one is also day 14 of Leslie Saeta's 30 day challenge she hosts each January and September internationally.  With this abstract tulip I left the background the white of the paper.  A limited palette was used:  Watermelon, Sunbright Yellow, and Stream.  Stay tuned next couple of days for the other demo pieces and an upcoming all day class on alcohol inks is TBA in Ballinger, TX, hosted by Mid-West Texas Artists Guild.
Image COPYRIGHT 2017 Kay Smith.

Christmas Tulip

5x7 alcohol inks on Yupo synthetic paper, an imaginary red variegated tulip.  I used lots of blending solution with this one to get the ink to flow and mix.  The red center was an afterthought when I turned it vertically and added a brighter red hue and let it run down. Initially I had a blue background that didn't work so removed that with 91% alcohol then added Sunbright Yellow.  The dark edges of the flower are that blue that I left on there.  (Yupo is sold by Tim Holtz products available thru www.scrapbook.com)
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith.

Tuxedo Tulips

15x12 watercolor of three variegated tulips painted on cold press paper.  This one had a red background which did nothing for the color scheme, so I mixed black (alizarin + thalo green) and painted over it.  This painting is SOLD.

David's Tulip

11x7.5 watercolor of red tulip my youngest brother David photographed for me from his yard.  I painted it today as a class demo using every red, red-orange, and pink on my palette with alizarin crimson and Grumbacher's red used the most.  Grass and gray neutral background colors were mixed using arylide yellow and ultramarine blue along with quin burnt orange and UB.