The Garden Girl Watercolors by Bertie Brown

The Garden Girl

original watercolor aummer scape" 6" x 6"

Spring Musical

oh spring

is the thing

we diss in November

miss in December

lose in January

right through February

cry for in March

die for in April

can’t wait one more day

for the merry month of May

and still cold temps cling

to every bloomin’ thing!

so when the month of June

bursts suddenly into view

I look around and smile

beg stay with me awhile

BB

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Model Session Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Model Session

original watercolor portrait:

9" x 12"

Winter Blues

oh, how I long for June or July

with summer sunshine

and butterflies passing by

this season of cold 

has taken it’s hold

with snow now fallin’

seems the sun shine is stallin’

so I’m gettin' set,

though it’s hard not to fret,

as blankets cover my lap

 and I settle in

 for a long mid-winter’s nap......

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Sophie's Sweet Talkin' Friends Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Sophie's Sweet Talkin' Friends

original watercolor landscape w/figure, pony, burrow : 10" x 14"

Sophie and I 

are asking you-all

are buttercups high in cholesterol?

they glisten like butter

in their gold-yellow clusters

we think they’d taste great

and we’d be well fed

if we used them as spread

on our jelly bread

wouldn’t popcorn just popped

be better with hot

melted buttercups drizzled

all over the top?

is lobster that’s baked

in buttercup paste  

richer in flavor

more pleasing to taste?

Sophie and I

just giggled and said

we think that we’ll paint

her new friends instead!

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I'm Leavin' on a Jet Plane Watercolors by Bertie Brown

I'm Leavin' on a Jet Plane

original watercolor portrait: 10" x 14"

a quick study draw 

with some washes of paint

complete what i call

"she's leavin'

'cause she's dreamin'

that the grass there's

greener seemin'!

BB'17

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Playmates Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Playmates

original watercolor trumpet player: 8" x 10"

brass blast

would a trumpet 

be a strumpet

if she played a loose lipped jig

while her brother

played another

more pretentious tight hipped gig

would a trumpet

eat a crumpet 

while she played a high brow dig

could a strumpet 

be a pundit

if she shed her platinum wig?

would a trumpet

be a strumpet 

if she wore one high heeled shoe

could a crumpet

 clog a trumpet 

if it got stuck in her tube?

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Muse-ical Watercolors by Bertie Nrown

Muse-ical

original watercolor figure: 10" x 12"

a musician displays 

exhibitionist ways

but it’s all okay

‘cause music filled days

and nights do remain

quite high on our list

of things we like best

so please don’t insist

we cease and desist!

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Dancer at Ease figure drawing by Bertie Brown

Dancer at Ease

pencil drawing of ballet dancer: 10" x 14"

i think that it’s done

and i had some fun

‘though there a few 

solutions that skewed

my original view

and managed to be

surprising, you see

so if it’s not fit 

or off just a bit

ignore if you please

thus dancer at ease!

BB'16

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Back to the Drawing Board Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Back to the Drawing Board

original figure drawing: 11" x 14"

back in school

we learned the rule

that there were cliques

a specialty list

of kids way cool

though we weren’t fools

our own gene pools

just did not rule

we weren’t as blessed

our confidence less

we weren’t sure why 

and could not guess

but since I've grown

i have been known

to play horn well

for quite a spell

now as I draw

i do recall

that art and song

to ALL belong

BB'15

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The Farmer's Daughter Watercolors by Bertie Brown

The Farmer's Daughter

original watercolor landscape w/figure: 8" x 11"

 oh my Sophie says...

I really love it when

BB takes me en plein air

there are vistas everywhere

lots to paint

a new landscape

and someday I think I’ll try

to sit still and paint the sky

or a bluebird on the wing

but for now I’ll play and swing

and let BB do her thing......

BB

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