Kid Made Crayon & Watercolor Drawing with Branches and Butterfly by Laura Smiley oil on canvas Three of the four I

Three of the four I found with pretty sorry remnants of their former watercolor kits inside

and the letters "M" and "N" in black

8 full-color plates and 8 black and white

Approx 2 5/8" tall x 1 1/2" wide each

terrifically intricate design rendered in shades of orange

Kid Made Crayon & Watercolor Drawing with Branches and Butterfly by Laura Smiley oil on canvas Three of the four II found this drawing painting at the estate sale of the late NYC Wellesley, MA artist Lois Gross Smiley, and am pretty certain it was made by her daughter, Laura, when she was a kid. (She initiated it LS at the upper right, and perhaps it was her teacher who wrote Laura at bottom left.) In any case, it reminds me of the wonders of wax resist, achieved here with crayon, painted over with what I think is watercolor, in this terrific green. I just love