Kid Made Crayon & Watercolor Drawing with Branches and Butterfly by Laura Smiley oil on canvas and the letters "M" and

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

This is an old Lucky Strikes cigarettes tin

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

listed separately)

He measures 9 1/8" tall

Kid Made Crayon & Watercolor Drawing with Branches and Butterfly by Laura Smiley oil on canvas and the letters "M" andI 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