laura's watercolors

                               11x15 Someone asked me to paint pomegrates for them (a while ago!) and I'm finally getting to...

                                14x18 Considered adding another stem, but then decided to leave it as is. I had a teacher, Bonni...

                                6x9 Sometimes I just try too hard ... and it shows. My sparrows show my anxiety abou...

                               16x20 Taking a break from a big, in pages and importance, job: proofreading Ulysses ! Worked on t...

                                  6x9 I think he's a tree sparrow--chestnut cap, gray head-- though I took his picture in ma...

                                 11x14 The grocery store had small bunches of not-yet-opened lilies and I couldn't resist. A...

                                   6x9 A lot of wrens in my yard; such pretty--and loud--little birds. The background isn't ...

                                  6x9 I'm going to be in a group show in June, and the organizer wants bird paintings from me...

Getting closer, but still a way from what I want, and a long long way from approaching the apples off maybe the best...

                                12x16 I took this reference photo two or three years ago; I think I was drawn to the overlapping...

6x9 A sparrow in the snow. I love sparrows, and these little scenes give me a chance to work on my grays.

                                 @6x9 As with recent boat painting, I settled on a technique at the end rather than the beginnin...

                               11x14 I'll be starting a portrait class this week. I'm not interested in portraiture per ...

                                   8x8 Looking for subjects to paint over graded washes... I wanted to not create a hard line be...

...we painted clouds. The idea was to work with paint-to-water ratios and hard and soft edges. Have to say, I found this very re...

                              @ 7x10 This week went back to class with my friend and teacher Marie Natale. We worked...

  @ 6x9 each My neighbor gave me a big basket of fruit that contained some Delicious apples; since I usually find I don't...

  11x15 I went to FL last month to celebrate my sixtieth birthday with my brother and our good friend Mike, who is also a watercolo...

  6x6 Little, uncomplicated bird paintings are a good way for me to get back into a semi-regular painting practice. Planning to...