laura's watercolors

"Painting is an island whose shores I have skirted." --Chardin

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

daffodils 7 (finished)

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                                11x15 Calling it finished. I was considering adding more leaves, but I was afraid I'd end up...
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Friday, March 20, 2020

daffodil 7: wip

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                               15x22 I wonder if it was a mistake to make two of the daffodils pink? Too late now! T...
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Tuesday, March 17, 2020

daffodils 6

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                                7x9 The daffodils are still blooming! Making some progress on the shadows, I think. The more suc...
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Sunday, March 15, 2020

daffodils 5

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                              10x14 Trying to vary my approach a little, I painted this without drawing if first. A pale yellow ...
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Saturday, March 14, 2020

daffodils 4

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                                  10x14 Another painting of daffodils. Beginning to look at shadows; usually,  especially with d...
Thursday, March 12, 2020

daffodils 3

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                                11x15 More daffodils! Tried, this time, using a very watery triad--hansa, perm rose, and cerulea...
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Sunday, March 08, 2020

daffodils 2

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                               11x15 Daffodils: hard to get right (the yellows!) and hard to get wrong (the yellows!).
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Thursday, March 05, 2020

first daffodils

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                                   8x10 The daffodils seem early this year, but I could be mistaken. Daffodils are probably my f...
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Monday, March 02, 2020

delaware bay

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                                 10x14 Another painting I found abandoned half-finished on a block. I added a few touches-- the ...
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Sunday, March 01, 2020

palm

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                               10x14 Took some nice photos of the tops of palm trees while visiting my brother in Florida. I lik...
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Friday, February 28, 2020

practice: pomegrates

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                               11x15 Someone asked me to paint pomegrates for them (a while ago!) and I'm finally getting to...
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Wednesday, February 26, 2020

lilies

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                                14x18 Considered adding another stem, but then decided to leave it as is. I had a teacher, Bonni...
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Monday, February 24, 2020

sparrow

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                                6x9 Sometimes I just try too hard ... and it shows. My sparrows show my anxiety abou...
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Sunday, February 23, 2020

wip lilies

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                               16x20 Taking a break from a big, in pages and importance, job: proofreading Ulysses ! Worked on t...
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Saturday, February 22, 2020

tree sparrow

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                                  6x9 I think he's a tree sparrow--chestnut cap, gray head-- though I took his picture in ma...
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Tuesday, February 18, 2020

lilies!

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                                 11x14 The grocery store had small bunches of not-yet-opened lilies and I couldn't resist. A...
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Sunday, February 16, 2020

wren

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                                   6x9 A lot of wrens in my yard; such pretty--and loud--little birds. The background isn't ...
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Tuesday, February 11, 2020

junco and finch

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                                  6x9 I'm going to be in a group show in June, and the organizer wants bird paintings from me...
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Sunday, February 09, 2020

more apples

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Getting closer, but still a way from what I want, and a long long way from approaching the apples off maybe the best...
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Wednesday, January 29, 2020

this week in class...

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