laura's watercolors

(7x11) I shouldn't take a break from work today--too much to do!--but I bought these lilies a few days ago at the supermarket: I cannot...

(4x6 postcard) I haven't forgotten about my still life setup. Began to draw it, on a 16x20 sheet of paper, last night. Just for fun I m...

(6x11) The third lesson in Marianne Brown's Watercolor by Design is on pyramidal designs. I can't decide if this fits the bill or n...

(5x7) Jean had a post a few days ago listing her favorite watercolor instruction books, which made me think of a book I have had for a coup...

(5x7) (5x7) The USS Jacob Jones was sunk at the mouth of the Delaware Bay by a German U-boat in February 1942. U-Boats cruised the bay be...

(6x8) (6x8) (5x7) The current Different Strokes from Different Folks challenge. It never ceases to amaze me that if I think some subject...

I wasn't happy with my first go at setting up this still life--too cluttered, and all the silk flowers weren't working for me. So t...

(11x7) A revision of a painting in an earlier post.

(5x7) My Smilla lounging on the deck loveseat. I used some dry-brushed white paint to indicate the light on her fur.

This year, I'd like to do one larger (15x22 or 22x30), complicated still life. I find setting up a still life to be the hardest part of ...

(5x7) First, abandoned (alas, not soon enough) attempt. I like the lighter ground in this one, but really struggled with the inside of the ...

(5x7) Empty chairs make great painting subjects. Or maybe it's their shadows that make the subject. (5x7)

When I was visiting her in Boscobel, Wisconsin, in October, my friend Robin took me to this great secondhand store where I could not resist...

(11x5) I wasn't going to say anything and just enjoy the joy (I'm not ready to let go of my animosity entirely, maybe tomorrow) but...