Red Tulip Pot

7x5 watercolor using White Nights paints on white printmaking paper, done last month in anticipation of seeing red tulips. Most of the bulb flowers have already sprouted. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

February Fun Tulips

6x4 watercolor on 80 lb sketchbook (Joggles) paper completed yesterday, a comparison of paint brands. Center tulip was done using Daler Rowney student grade and other two with White Nights and Daniel Smith brands with this imaginary trio. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Petal Pushers

15x22 watercolor of still life tulips set up in my dining room by an old oil painting. The light from the window behind illuminated the spring blooms perfectly. My hunter green wall adds a complementary punch to the vivid orange. This is painted on Saunders 140 lb cold press paper. Steps in creating this painting can be seen on this blog in February 2011. 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

Sunflowers and Tulips

14x11 watercolor on Ampersand Aquabord, brush only, no predrawing, done today.  Prompted by the wild weeds that resemble sunflowers and a few other yellow wildflowers, I added the red orange tulips, although you wouldn't see them growing together. It is my first time to work on Aquabord and really did like its clay surface; it has a 2" cradle around its edges, so frame and glass unnecessary.

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 paper wet in wet using 2" wide brush and lots of Daniel Smith reds.

Valentine Tulips

15x9.5 watercolor on Waterford 140 lb cold press paper.  This is an older work that I experimented with by adding torn rice paper collaged to it that was stamped with ink text.  Red tulips were a Valentine's Day gift from my husband, so I drew them from life.

Petal Pushers - Tulips Demo

15x22 watercolor of still life tulips set up in my dining room by an old oil painting. The light from the window behind illuminated the spring blooms perfectly. My hunter green wall adds a complementary punch to the vivid orange reds. I will be posting each step here as a demo lesson; this is the finished Petal Pushers on Saunders 140 lb paper.

Red Velvet

At a full sheet watercolor, 22x30 inches, this size is large yet impressive. I keep painting and posting more florals hoping for Spring to decide to arrive SOON. The sooner the better. These tulips were done wet in wet with 2" and 3" brushes.

It is Raining Flowers!

22x15 watercolor on Fabriano 140 lb hot press paper, Daniel Smith paints finished yesterday. We are so starving for some garden color!!! Flowers reign in floral rain!