Two Holstein Cows

9.5x7 mixed media on paper painted today over a realistic pencil sketch. India ink was used with a chopstick to apply color to the black areas.  Watercolor for eyes, noses, the land, and shadows. Montana markers in blue and green used for sky and grass.  Number 23 is my birthday number.  Touches of white gouache put in eyes.
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An Old Bucket of Apples

8x8 watercolor on Masters paper 140 lb cold press done today on an old bucket of mine filled with imaginary apples.  I painted this before and put a porch behind the still life with flowers.
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Red Barn Chickens

22x15 watercolor of chickens on the farm pecking around the hay bales below the quintessential red barn.  Just as the rooster crowed to welcome new hot sunny days we are glad to see warmer temperatures in Texas.
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Bouquet in Blue and White Vase

4x6 acrylics and white gel pen over alcohol ink background on glossy photo paper completed today, another experiment using different media in imaginary floral applications.  A paper doily stencil was used at the bottom foreground for a tablecloth effect.
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Lil’s Lilies

  7x9 watercolor, brush only (no pencil sketch first) of Lil's lilies and some splatters afterward when dry.
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Wedding Day 1935

12x6 watercolor on Strathmore 140 lb CP done today for an online challenge.  This is another artist's (Susan) mother on May Day.  Ref was in black and white so color had to be improvised as well as the lawn and rosebush beside the house.  To me her mom might have been wearing a wedding dress, hence the title, but the year was 1935.
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April Hollyhocks

6x3 watercolor miniature floral garden scene on Canson 140 lb cold press paper, brush only, begun yesterday and finished today.  In this imaginary view one can see windows behind the hollyhocks. Some of those tall, old fashioned blooms are double hollyhocks and some are single flowers.
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