Tag Archives: floral painting

Some Tulips in a Teapot, “Tea for Tulips”

Tea for Tulips, watercolor, 12 x 16 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

I knew I’d love to paint the tulips, but I really needed to learn to paint the rust on the teapot. I intentionally kept the background vague and loose in shades of green and neutral tones to complement the brilliant reds, oranges and yellows and extreme detail in each of the tulips. The frothy white […]

Support Ronald McDonald House Charities, Hope Lives Here Online Auction Through Sunday, August 15

Hat With Wildflowers, pastel, 5.5" x 8.5", 2013 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

I’m so happy to donate my painting, “Hat With Wildflowers,” to help support the Ronald McDonald House Charities in their 2021 online art auction! You can bid on this painting and so much more, but only for a limited time. THURSDAY, AUGUST 12 10:00AM through SUNDAY, AUGUST 15 5:00PM Join the Ronald McDonald House Charities […]

An Original Sold, and Sometimes Customers Have the Darnedest Ideas

I love this painting, and I was determined it would only go to the most loving home. Three years later, finally, it did! And in a very interesting circumstance. A longtime friend and customer has commissioned a number of portraits for herself and to give to friends as well as purchased several original pieces of […]

February 2020 Personal Creative Challenge, Day 5: Greenhouse Gerberas

I worked my way across the rest of this painting the second day and added the finishing touches the third day, and now it’s finished. I only had an hour or two each day to work on it each day, but my goal has been to work on a piece of artwork each day, and […]

February 2020 Personal Creative Challenge, Day 3: Greenhouse Gerberas (so far)

Greenhouse Gerberas, oil pastel, 11 x 15 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

I began this year with a pledge to myself and my art: To be certain I won’t let ideas pass me by I’m setting myself up for a personal painting challenge in February, similar to the painting challenges I’ve participated in in past years. I aspire (but don’t expect) to create a painting or sketch […]

Bring May Flowers a Little Sooner

Flowers For Sale, Oil Pastel, 6 x 10 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

Three buckets of flowers for sale on the street corner, just waiting to be painted. I chose oil pastel for this painting because of all the techniques I’ve learned to use with it. The background of the flowers was really dull and I wanted to be able to create something interesting from it. I like […]

#30paintingsin30days, Day 18: Evening Wildflowers

Evening Wildflowers, pastel, 10 x 14 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

On a sweltering, sticky August evening I discovered an incredibly beautiful patch of native wildflowers intentionally seeded at Scott Conservancy Kane Woods. I forgot about sweaty hands and the pulse of the sun directly in my face because it was also touching each and every flower on that hillside, filling leaves and petals with brilliance. […]