laura's watercolors

The current challenge at Peintures de Evhi. A week ago today I adopted three cats. One still runs away every time she sees me, but I'l...

I have a magnolia that blooms beautifully and briefly. I look forward to drawing and painting the undulating flowers every year. But this y...

I keep trying. For this one, I tried to keep it looser, wetter ... No drawing. I need to work on varying the greens more. Next time. ...

I love today forsythia. What a beautiful yellow, and how it stands out in early spring. Here are a couple of free hand studies, and a bird...

I was looking for frame for my color charts--eight sheets from one full sheet (22x30). Didn't find one, but did get a poster frame (24x...

I've been going about this one a little more deliberately than usual. No drawing. I paint a flower, then add another, just working my w...

A few sprigs from my mom's pjm rhododendrons. She has several varieies of rhodos, all gargantuan. For some reason they just won't ...

A few daffodils painted yesterday. They are holding up pretty well in the returned cold weather, but I think the last snowstorm wrecked my...

Interesting shapes and subtle colors ... A good subject for a little practicing.

Trying something a little more ambitious; trying to keep these first washes looser and wetter. I think it needs just a bit more--darks in ...

Every color I have ... Except the one I overlooked: opera! I think I'll use the last 1/8th sheet for some mixes, then frame it and hang...

Working on more daffodils, and thought this one was going pretty good, but there's something wrong with the paper. This happens now and ...

My first attempt at daffodils this year. Three bloomed before it got cold and snowy. My neighbor, who is a summer resident, has dozens bl...

A couple more still lifes on hot press.

Once in a while I pull out the hot press paper. I like it for simple subjects painted all in one go.     (15x22)

A sprig of quince from the yard. Some things have started blooming and others are in bud and today it's snowing!

Each of these was painted using a triad--raw sienna, permanent rose, cerulean on the left; burnt sienna, winsor violet, cobalt on the left....

  I bought these chunky rocks glasses at a discount store; each has a blob of colored glass in the base, which is reflected above a...

 (6x8) More attempts to keep my hand in. I'm ready to move on to another subject; these are getting stale ... But haven't d...

 (5x7) (5x7) Little simple still lifes to help me get back in the practice of painting regularly.