laura's watercolors

(9x12) My just-under-the-wire submission to Evhe's August challenge on A Nos Pinceaux . The reference photo is really nice and conta...

  More sketches for my bird drawing class. I'm always amazed at how much I enjoy drawing, since I usually go right to the paint. 

  Three sketchbook pages, lesson 1 of an online class in drawing birds in colored pencil with Val Webb. I've been wanting to ...

  (6x8) End-of-day sketch of the view from my friends' hammock ... I had brought my paints and was determined to force myself to do...

  Drew these on 90 lb. paper because I thought I'd go in with one wash and stop ... Of course, that's not what happened, and the...

  Two boat paintings that have been propped up in my studio for too long ... I would pull one out and pick at it a bit, but last time I ...

  Bought a big mixed bouquet, but decided to tackle only the gladiolas.  The second one I did first, with no preliminary drawing. I sta...

(7x12 Fabriano Rough) (7x12 Fabriano Rough) Thursday we were invited to paint at a house overlooking Cape May Harbor: in one direction...

(8x14) From Kathryn Smith's photo, "Sailing Friends," on Paint My Photo. I liked this photo because I especially like tho...

(6x10) The same scene/view; sketched on location, but painted in the relative comfort (the chair was definitely more comfortable) of home,...

(8x14) Took a little time off yesterday to join Marie Natale and some other students to paint outdoors in Cape May. Even though I find pl...

(8x10) Though it's finally, surprisingly, sunny here, it's still very humid ... painting this was like painting on gauze. Happy ...

(10x12) A painting of a great place to eat in Cape May. I'm not happy with the tree--as I feared would be the case. I wanted a lighte...

  (8x10) On better paper this time ... After I painted the girls' hair I thought of a show from when I was a kid, Petticoat Junctio...

(6x8) From a reference photo by Ruth Archer at Paint My Photo. Early on (see below) I was ready to abandon this; then I realized the ref...

I could go in and do more on the rocks, but I'm holding off ... and will consider it finished for now.

(8x10) The gull above was painted on 140lb. Fabriano paper; the two below on some 86lb. Lanaquarelle paper I had, which I figured would d...

(7x10) Picked a few lilies and trumpet vines from an abandoned lot: I love the shapes and colors of both. I had hoped to do several little...

(8x10) Another Brandywine Light painting, in progress. I used mask to save the railings, so I there's a little time pressure to finis...