Pink Flowers For Mother's Day by Ken Powers
Ken Powers

Pink Flowers For Mother's Day by

I stepped out of my comfort zone to paint an arrangement of flowers for Mother’s Day. Although I am generally not a floral painter, I had an amazing amount of fun putting this one together. The original is 10.25″×14″ in size and is painted with a combination of 18th century reproduction watercolor paint, Daniel Smith watercolor paint, and Winsor and Newton watercolor paint on Arches 140# cold-pressed paper. I like the way the combination of paint and paper created interesting background textures.

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floral, flower, green, leaf, pink, transparent, vase, watercolour

Comments

  • allicata
    allicataalmost 2 years ago

    Lovely work, Ken!!!

  • Thanks Allison! This type of painting is a little out of my normal realm but it was still a blast to do!

    – Ken Powers

  • Lora Garcelon
    Lora Garcelonalmost 2 years ago

    This is beautiful – I like the way the petals look so delicate.

  • You are way too kind Lora!

    – Ken Powers

  • Marsha Elliott
    Marsha Elliottalmost 2 years ago

    Wow, all this time you’ve been holding out on us. These are soooooo beautiful!! Would like to see you do more of these.

  • Thanks Marsha! You are too kind. I do plan on trying a couple more in order to get a bit better at achieving the subtle shading, etc… in flower petals. After working on this one, I have a new found respect for floral painters!

    – Ken Powers

  • bernzweig
    bernzweigalmost 2 years ago

    Beautiful rendition, Ken. The painting has great sensitivity and delicateness – as if you’ve been doing florals for quite some time. I think the genre has your name all over it.

  • Thanks a lot! That means a lot coming from an artist of your talent.

    – Ken Powers

  • kamaljeet kaur
    kamaljeet kauralmost 2 years ago

    WOOOOOOOOOOOOOW…..thats so beautiful Ken.I wished you painted smthng different and u heard it wd out my saying so…:) its so delicate n so perfect..FAV :)

  • Thanks Kamal! My floral painting techniques need a bit more refinement still but I had a lot of fun with this one!

    – Ken Powers

  • mttmaliha
    mttmalihaalmost 2 years ago

    Wow fantastic, Ken!!!! xox

  • Thanks Maureen! I am hoping to try a couple more of these to practice my petal painting subtleties.

    – Ken Powers

  • pinkyjain
    pinkyjainalmost 2 years ago

    Absolutely spectacular & so gorgeous Ken

  • Thank you very much! I have much to learn when it comes to floral painting.

    – Ken Powers

  • robynart
    robynartalmost 2 years ago

    Great watercolour !!

  • Thank you very much! I appreciate your kind words!

    – Ken Powers

  • Linda Callaghan
    Linda Callaghanalmost 2 years ago

    glad you stepped out of your comfort zone Ken…this is a beautiful still life painting…I wonder if you will do more ☺ I do love the textures, the light and the clarity…great painting!

  • Thanks Linda! I plan to try a couple more of these to experiment a bit. You know….keep it interesting. This one is such a departure from my normal style and subject so it was a lot of fun!

    – Ken Powers

  • Linda Callaghan
    Linda Callaghanalmost 2 years ago

    it is lovely looking forward to seeing some more!

  • Thanks Linda!

    – Ken Powers