Butterflies and Sunflowers

A best friend who I hadn't met for 28 years saw my online paintings and asked if I could paint her favorite flowers ... sunflowers! Of course I can. However, even though I love the colors of these, the perspective is a bit off, so will try again. That's how one learns anyway!

Attempted using gauze for the first time. Saw it on-line on Dr Oto Kano's YouTube channel and felt inspired to conveniently paint the textured sunflower centers that way. Only problem is my gauze is so narrow and doesn't stretch, which is fine if treating an injury but not for manipulating texture with watercolor. Note to self: get more gauze because the smaller sections really turned out well!

"Butterflies and Sunflowers" - DS Watercolor, Arches 130# 10" x 14"

Fish Pond and the Dog

Just a fun watercolor (Daniel Smith) 10" x 14". I'm not a dog person but my friend who wanted me to paint her dog and whimsically wished she could paint it in various minhwa (traditional Korean folk painting style) kind of inspired this piece. The style actually is a combo of minhwa and watercolor. Quite the fun painting to paint, esp getting the water "right", which actually turned out better than I planned.

I prefer this cropped version to the larger 10" x 14" pict (below).

"Fish Pond and the Dog" - DS Watercolor, 10" x 14" Arches 130# hot press