Flowers like this abound on Sonesta Road in Key Biscayne. This one was taken with a Leica V-Lux 4.
Here we see a frisky peacock. Clearly Spring is here. By the way, you might see this guy next weekend at the Key Biscayne Art Festival. The Key Biscayne peacocks are known to wander anywhere on the island!
Here is a peacock who is not shy around cameras. He let me take this photo after strutting around and showing off his fully opened feathers. Taken with Leica V Lux 4 camera.
Here is another blue jay resting on a branch. Watercolor on Khadi special watercolor paper.
Here is a Florida Blue Jay on the ground, totally unaware of how beautiful he is with his vibrant blue colors.
Here are two Maltese puppies brought to life with watercolor on 12″ by 16.5″ special paper.
My friend Marcia told me she liked Chinese Lantern flowers. So I decided to check them out. She sent me a photo and between that photo and a few images from the web, I came up with this rendition of Chinese lantern flowers. Done in watercolor on 9″ by 11″ paper.
Here is a young duckling just beginning to figure out Crandon Gardens. Mom is not too far away… Just a quick sketch with watercolors on paper.
This morning, I brought one of my stuffed animal penguins to get an idea of how a penguin would look at the beach with the right lighting. Then it rained. Oh well. Such is the weather of Key Biscayne. This painting was done on a 16″ by 20″ gallery wrapped canvas.
Watch how this painting evolved on the Little Creations Evolving page.
Today, I walked over to the library and took photos of the friends who you see in this painting. The Key Biscayne Library is a lovely area that attracts lots of native species. This painting is made with watercolor and gouache on a gallery wrapped canvas.
Here is a celebration of Kiwi, the fruit, and the bird. Thank you, New Zealand, for bringing both to us. This was done with watercolor and gouache on a gallery wrapped canvas.
Two penguins come alive from just a doodle made on left-over photo paper and a few sharpies.
Original–Doodle Using Sharpies On 7.5″ by 5″ Photo Paper
Here is a little platypus happily swimming in Australia.
Original is 11″ by 14″ Canvas Board, Gallery Wrapped
9.5″ by 12.5″ watercolor and gouache on paper
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Bunny Spring Conference
By Sharyn Brotz |
Bunnies gathering for a Spring Conference just before the Spring Holidays.
Childhood-Cuddles and Tufts Elephant on a Chair
By Sharyn Brotz |
My friend who is an amazing artist, told me the elephant looked demonic. I had to fix that! So here is the corrected painting.
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