Showing posts with label summer roses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label summer roses. Show all posts

Saturday, November 16, 2024

Woven Flowers of Passion

15x22 work is actually two identically painted scenes of pink roses in front of a house. The original was ho-hum boring so a few years later did another exactly like it as I'd saved the drawing. I got the idea of weaving them together after seeing the work of Nancy Maas, which is much looser and not as tightly woven. One painting you cut wavy strips horizontally, and the other cut vertical strips, then weave in and out. When done I vacuum mounted onto acid free matboard to frame it. Now it looks much more interesting! COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2024

Late October Pumpkin

8.5x5.5 watercolor in sketchbook 80 lb paper done last Tuesday while on a trip to New Mexico mountains. I've used White Nights paints f...