Garden Club Tulip

9x5 acryics on Canson 140 lb cold press paper, done last weekend for a WetCanvas.com challenge of using your nondominant hand, a toothbrush, and a palette knife (with acrylics), any subject. I chose a red tulip but quickly made it a variegated white and red one with the toothbrush. Palette knife used mostly to smooth the mixed green colors. Not too bad but it helps to be ambidextrous as well. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Mr. and Mrs. Rabbit ~ Happy Spring!

8.5x5.5 mixed media using watercolor, Montana acrylic markers, and Micron 01 pen in mixed media sketchbook done at the first of March. So fun to sketch imaginary comical animals wearing clothes. This pair of rabbits are welcoming Spring but not the 100 degrees we had today. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Summer Fieldscape

6x12 watercolor on Strathmore 140 lb cold press paper, a quick demo done on March 2 for the Brownfield Art Association. I partly wet the sky area then laid in ultramarine blue, continuing on down to put in indigo blue then the golds and yellows for foreground. A nice summer field or fieldscape with no pencil drawing needed. Exercises such as this needs no reference photo and are good to get you into the mood for painting and for spring or summer. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Blue Pansy Bowl

5x7 watercolor on Strathmore printmaking paper done first week of March using several refs plus imagination. I've used White Nights paints wet on dry approach in this small floral watercolor. Just in time for Spring! COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

March Poppies

8x8 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper (Master's Touch) done March 2 as part of my demo paintings for the Brownfield Art Association. Beginning with the darkest dark first the poppy was quickly developed with the background put in last. Taken from one of my earlier poppy paintings, this imaginary floral took on energy and life as it was completed. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Summer Meadow

5.5x8.5 watercolor in sketchbook 80 lb paper done first of March using no pencil, only a very wet brush over already wet sky. I let the color flow down then added a low horizon line using dark indigo blue. Letting the water touch the #8 round brush allowed the heavier pigment to spread out and blend. Quick colored sketches such as this are often under five minutes and are lots of fun. With this medium you never know what you will get! COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Horse in Sunflower Field

15x11 watercolor on Master's Touch 140 lb paper done in February from an earlier horse painting; this one has sunflowers added from a sketch done earlier also. So two images combined to make one composition of a cheerful subject. Painted wet on dry. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026