Rancho de Taos Summer Sky

14.75x22.25 watercolor on Daler Rowney Prestige 140 lb cold press paper completed last week. I've painted from my photos from there before, changing color of the mission church from brown to white, for a different take. Since the building is plain except for the bell tower, I've added foliage on both left and right sides of the landscape. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

September Poppies

6x4 watercolor using Rosa Gallery (Ukraine) paints, an imaginary loose floral based on the inked poppies done the day before in mid-month. I've put this vignette on Joggles sketchbook paper 80 lb. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Emerging Poppies

9x6 ink using black Tombow brush pen on Master's Touch Bristol 103 lb, done second week of this month, a quick demo for class. Using no pencil, darkest darks were put in first followed by a rigger brush of water for mid-tones. Whites remain the white of the paper in this free forming floral of poppies. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Iced Latte Coffee

8.5x5.5 acrylics on paper featuring a favorite drink of an iced latte. I can taste the coffee flavored espresso just looking at it and of course wanted one while painting this yummy still life drink. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Kingfisher Perch

8.5x5.5 watercolor on mixed media paper done week before last for another online WetCanvas challenge. We have kingfishers in Texas although I've never seen one. They are an amazing species and do a lot for their small size. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

A Little Sparrow Told Me

8x10 watercolor collage done first of this month, another in my birds with words series. They literally fly off the wall. Book text accompanies the watercolor painted birds perfectly. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith

Giraffes Grazing

7x10 mixed watermedia collage on Canson mixed media paper. Drawn with an orange Magic colored pencil, then a fast underpainting with transparent pyrrol orange/quinacridone gold watercolors was done. When dry, I added brown and quin burnt orange patterns with some green, then the bg foliage. After that dried I used brown torn tissue paper that had small squares and a giftwrap paper featuring colored circles, adhered with matte medium. Lastly, I used a blue Magic pencil to make calligraphy marks in bg trees and bushes. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026