Wolf Howl

8x8 watercolor using White Nights paints done last weekend while in the mountains using old calendar references. Paper is Masters Touch Premium 140 lb cold press, a very nice and soft support. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

White Tree Trunks in Snow

6x8 graphite watercolor blue shade with white oil pastel on Hahnemuhle grey toned 95 lb. paper done last weekend while it snowed. Using a scene previously done, this was quickly sketched and painted for a different take on the same mountain slope. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Five Minute Poppy

Five Minute Poppy 9x5 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press done today, a quickie, as is obvious from the title. An imaginary poppy was pencil sketched using almost blind contour line, center laid in with yellows, a few petal shadows, then the background. It was made by laying the dry paper into wet palette colors then pulled up, about 3 times, to get a unique abstraction. I'm always saying to students to make art at least 5 minutes a day. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Geranium Gems

2.75 x 2.25 watercolor and ink line on 300 lb cold press Saunders paper done a few weeks ago using up paint and paper on this miniature floral. No reference used just imagination. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Bear Crawl

12x9 mixed media on Canson 138 lb mm paper using Brusho, watercolors, CaliArt markers, crayon, and white gel pen done last week or so for an online WetCanvas challenge (ref courtesy MJ Gresko). COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Tree Magic

5.25x7.75 alcohol inks on Yupo synthetic paper done last week or so, an experiment using the inks on Yupo with adding and subtracting colors until the tree image appeared. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Pair of Anna's Hummingbirds

2.5x3.5 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done recently, the second of two artist trading cards for our local art association card swap. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Purple Pink Coneflower

3.5x2.5 watercolor and ink line on 140 lb Canson cold press paper done last month, an artist trading card, or ACEO (art cards editions & originals. For this card I used a floral reference from my coneflowers planted years ago. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Frigid River

6x9 watercolor monochromatic using only one color: Moonglow (Daniel Smith) painted last week using a windswept, frozen environment as the basis. Snow and ice can be seen encircling the icy water surface while the tree limbs and branches bend from the weight of winter. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Majestic Mallard

7x9 watercolor done yesterday for another online event using Grumbacher 140 lb cold press paper. In this close up of the colorful waterfowl, I've tried to focus on the duck's eyes and yellow long beak. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Roan Horse

8.5x5.5 watercolor and Brusho wc crystals using grey in Masters Touch sketchbook, 70 lb paper, done last weekend for another online WetCanvas challenge in the All Media Art Events. In this event, participants have 2 hours allotted to choose an image then draw or paint it. I was not sure if the horse was a blue roan or a grey roan. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

White Wine Grapes

6.5x6 watercolor and black India ink on Studio Fabriano 140 lb hot press paper done last weekend for another online challenge. I enjoyed the reflections in the wine glass and table of the grapes, etc. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Coastal Sunset

5.5x9 watercolor on Studio Fabriano 140 lb hot press paper done last week for an online WetCanvas challenge; image courtesy Carl. In this coastal scene I have tried to show the variety of colors in the clouds compared to the shadowed foreground. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Three Geranium Pots ~ demo

Three Geranium Pots ~ demo 15x11 watercolor on Strathmore 140 lb cold press paper demo done a week ago Saturday at our all day painting class. A few finishing touches were added later but for the most part the geraniums and pots demonstration was done in an hour, wet on dry. Some white gouache was added to the pots for residue to show the painters how a heavier opaque interacts with transparents. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

March Bunny

9x6.5 mixed media on Fabriano Studio 140 lb hot press paper done last week. I used watercolor, Brusho, and graphite wc's (Gansai Tambi) to paint this cute animal, an indicator of spring. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith