laura's watercolors

  (16x20 sheet) To take a break from finishing the painting on the left, filled the other half of the page with the same subject,...

  (14x20) I bought an Easter lily yesterday, as I do each year; I love their trumpet-shaped flowers and the way the leaves spiral out a...

  (10x14) A quick one ... And one I'm working on, a bit here and there.

  (11x15) My first attempt at trying Carol Carter's method since I got home. I think I got somewhat too messy; I think because, pai...

  (11x15)  Have to get in a few forsythia paintings while I have the chance ... And with last night's snow the window of opportunity...

  (11x15) This painting of datura--from a drawing of Carol's--was my best one of the weekend; others in the workshop may have felt ...

  Cincinnati Waterworks   Bridge from Newport, KY, to Cincinnati   In a bar ... Finally getting around to a post or two...

  (5x9) Lost some of the simplicity and freshness I was aiming for in the jars, but, as my mother says, not everyday's a winner. ...

  (12x12) The last of the store-bought tulips, and daffodils on their way.

  (5x9-ish) My store-bought tulips are drooping and de-petaling. Though they were well worth the five bucks I paid for them. Cut back...

  (10x12)  These tulips are being a cooperative model and hanging in there. And I'm trying to hang in there with them.   (4x6)...

  Took a break from the tulips, which I just couldn't face!, and went back to this canna lily from a few posts ago. I was, and am...

  (6x8) Supermarket tulips. Painted sitting down (above) and standing (below). I'm determined to someday figure out how to paint tu...

  Still pecking away at this iris painting ... trying to fill it in in little pieces. On a whim this morning, looking at my basket full...

  (7x10) I feel like I always mess up when it comes to the leaves ... I put in the wrong number, or in the wrong place. Will have to ad...

  I watched a couple of Birgit O'Connor videos on YouTube and thought I'd give her method--filling a petal or shape with water ...

  (I apologize for the quality of these photos; they were taken through a window and screen.) Yesterday I glanced out the window and...

  Just a few roses, trying out different yellow/red combinations. Left to right: aureolin and opera pink; new gamboge and permanent rose...