Marybeth Heikes

Paintings in Watercolor & Mixed Media

Posts Tagged “Flower”

Summer Bouquet #159

Summer Bouquet #159

June 7, 2009

I love sunflowers! I have lost track of how many I’ve painted, which is the reason why the title is a number instead of a sunflower variety. Along with the sunflowers I’ve added another one of my favorite flowers, cosmos. I like the way their delicate shapes contrast with that of the sunflowers’ big and […] more »

June Sunflowers

June Sunflowers

June 6, 2009

One of my many sunflower bouquets. I love big, bold flowers and I planted six different sunflower varieties in my garden this year. I changed the vase motif a bit, with the vase sitting on the deck. more »

May Poppies

May Poppies

June 1, 2009

Picked a small bouquet of poppies and peonies. I love the colors of the warm orangish red in the poppies and the cool, delicate pinks of the peonies. The design is just a piece of the whole bouquet up close. more »

Study For Oleanders

Study For Oleanders

March 6, 2009

After setting up various still life items, I decided to do a small study and explore the design shapes and colors. Not having any fresh flowers, I used a picture of a bouquet. What excited me about this was the spring lemon-yellow-greens of Van Gogh’s “Oleanders”. I love this color and works well with the […] more »

Farmers’ Market

Farmers’ Market

August 12, 2008

I spent part of the weekend at the Des Moines Farmers' Market, so no studio time. I did admire the exotic orchids there and other vendors who were selling beautiful floral bouquets. That's always inspiring for me! All those gorgeous vivid colors! My garden is flourishing as well, due to [...] more »

Four Grannies

Four Grannies

January 26, 2008

I set up this still life in our sunroom and worked from the photo. The glassware still lifes are great to paint in winter when I don’t have the garden bouquets to do, and the quality of light is different in the winter. more »

Blue Bench Sunflowers

Blue Bench Sunflowers

January 15, 2008

This is a floral bouquet of garden flowers set up on a bench. I have discovered there are many different varieties of sunflowers — the big, bold shapes are easy to paint and are eye catching bouquets. more »

Starburst Blaze

Starburst Blaze

January 9, 2008

This is a floral bouquet of our garden sunflowers. Every year I plan my garden thinking of the bouquets to paint. I then set them up inside in direct sunlight, or outside on our front deck or gazebo in sunlight during different hours of the day to capture shadow patterns and sunlight on the flowers. more »