laura's watercolors

I still owe a couple of holiday cards (!) so I painted these on artist trading cards (2.5 x 3.5). You can buy little "frame" ca...

(5x7) I've tried this one before ... and at least I can say this is an improvement ... and that I'm glad I decided to leave the h...

(5x7) Day ... I think it's Five? I'm not going to count the days, but just paint everyday.  

(5x7) Day Four. A little change of subject: the perpetually difficult pinecone. (Although I have to say, the holly don't look too go...

(5x7) Day Three.

(3x4) Day Two. A small study ... trying to not fret or overwork. I have "Don't Correct" written across the top of my draw...

(5x7) Perhaps I shouldn't say, since last time I only lasted 4 days, but I've signed up for Leslie Saeta's 30 Paintings in 30...

    I took these in October, of a tufted timouse at one of my feeders. He was very shy, so I was happy to get these. And a little pai...

(5x7) Another subject I'd like explore more: birds, And especially "lbb"--little brown birds, which are so numerous around ...

      Painted from photos found on Google Images. Struggling to get back into painting regularly, I thought a few of these scenes, ...

 (6x8) Painted with my friend Mike, who suggested we paint our painting supplies ... a ready-to-hand and appealing subject. I've seen ...

 (6x8) Happy Holidays. And best wishes for the New Year. My pre-New Year resolution, and my only resolution, will be to get back to paint...

  I didn't realize at first that my first three paintings featured 1, 2 and 3 birds, respectively. I very briefly toyed with the...

  My Day 1 and Day 2 paintings for Leslie Saeta's 30 Painings in 30 Days challenge.   She has some good advice on how to prepare ...

  (9x12) Exercises for the online class I'm taking in drawing birds with Val Webb . Per Val's instructions, I used soft (4B a...

(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.