Prairie Storm

6x6 watercolor using White Nights paints on 80 lb sketchbook paper done week before last while on a trip. This imaginary prairie landscape has an ominous thunderstorm coming in the sky. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Entwined Geraniums

9x7 watercolor and ink line using grey fine liner pen 0.3 by Winsor Newton, and watercolors on Master's Touch sketchbook. This was created week before last using my geraniums as a model. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Coneflower Circus ~ First Day of Summer!

Coneflower Circus ~ Happy First Day of Summer! 9x6 watercolor on 140 lb Canson paper cold press just finished for today as it is the first day of summer. With Texas having triple digit heat all our plants and flowers are struggling to stay alive. Have a great summer everyone! COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Prickly Pink Saguaro

15x11 watercolor on Grumbacher 140 lb cold press paper done first week of June, another imaginary cactus in my series of desert plants. I added shapes and colors to the background to mimic other saguaros surrounding the main one. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Quiet Donkey

8x5 mixed media done today on paper in old sketchbook. Using my photo ref from a donkey we photographed in Central America, I sketched him using Winsor Newton 0.1 fine liner pen. Marks of yellow, green, and various Brusho colors were already on the paper. Watercolor and grey Brusho used on him and the bougainvillea flowers. Montana acrylic markers had been on the paper originally. Splatters using Halloween Orange were added last. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Apple Tree Antiques

22x15 watercolor on Daler Rowney Prestige 140 lb cold press paper done during first week of June, a commission from my photo of this antique store in Ingram, TX. I was taking a wc workshop at the Hill Country Arts Foundation at that time and took several photos of the various buildings. Daniel Smith paints were used. Doubtful this place is still a store as it did not come up during an online search. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Charming Colt

10x8 watercolor on Canson 117 lb cold press paper done first of this month, an imaginary charming young bay colt. Daniel Smith and DaVinci paints were used and applied wet on dry. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026