Petticoats - Mexican Redhat Wildflowers

11x8.5 watercolor and ink on paper of wildflowers growing in our vacant lot. Commonly known as Mexican red hats, these have so much character and different form and colors; their petals resemble petticoats. From dark red to a red-orange, their vibrant saucy pigment dot the landscape, often growing in clumps. This ink and line wash is my 3rd piece featuring their lively design. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Dreaming Kitten

9x7 watercolor using White Nights paints done mid- month on Master's Touch sketchbook paper 80 lb cp. Another in my series of sleeping kittens and this one is gray and white. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Union Street House

12x9 watercolor and ink (Pigma Micron 01 pen) done on accounting paper, a sketch done for Sketchbook Skool, on location for Polishing course several years ago. This old white stucco house is on Union Street here in town and has been abandoned many years. I loved the old crumbling roof shingles above the rusty screen door. A few days ago I drove past there and it has further deteriorated. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Mixed Mess

8.5x11.5 mixed media using acrylics, collage, etc., on paper. This imaginary concoction can be anyone's guess with its abstraction and energy. I created this in February. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith

Pale Green Pasture

6x6 watercolor of an imaginary green spring pasture land painted mid- March in sketchbook. This scene is on 80 lb archival paper. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Stucco Adobe

9x7 watercolor and ink using Winsor Newton grey fine liner pen 0.1 on Canson 117 lb cold press paper, and imaginary southwest landscape. This was done in mid- March using White Nights paints. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Prairie Wind Cowboy

6x6 watercolor in sketchbook done last week; it is on 80 lb paper in Master's Touch. I've used four different brown pigments including new Schmincke color of Desert Brown that granulates in this imaginary scene. This guy is watching the turbulent prairie sky and clouds. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026