9x6.5 pastel using Conte brand on paper of a winding
country road flanked by trees. A small wooden frame building sits mid
upper right. Autumn leaves line both sides of the roadway in this the last day of November.
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Saturday, November 30, 2019
Friday, November 29, 2019
Black Friday ~ Girls Just Wanna Shop!
8x5.5 watercolor and ink on Strathmore Watercolor Journal
140 lb cold press paper and Daniel Smith pigments. Drawn with Pigma
Micron 01 pen this is another in my wild women series of girls and their
handbags hustling toward the shops in an imaginary town scene for black Friday, the busiest day of the marketing season.
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COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith
Thursday, November 28, 2019
Butterball Turkey ~ Happy Thanksgiving!
5.5x8.5 watercolor and ink line on Masters sketchbook done previously. This fat fellow is waiting his turn out in the woods in this imaginary scene.
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COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith.
Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Buttercup Cat
16x20 watercolor of a relaxing sleepy garden cat with his head on a brick. In this scene it is easy to image a sunny, lazy day in the life of a cat.
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COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith.
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
Barnyard Hen
2.5x3.5 watercolor on Italia 140 lb cold press paper using White Nights paints done today from another chicken barnyard image. The top view is the actual size and bottom just a bit larger in this miniature art card.
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Monday, November 25, 2019
Peaceful Donkey
9x12 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper/White Nights paints finished yesterday. Against the purple and pink evening sky this donkey seems at peace looking towards the horizon.
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COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith
Sunday, November 24, 2019
Orange Lilies with Blue Background
7x4 watercolor on Italia Magnani 140 lb cold press paper done yesterday for another online WetCanvas challenge. This floral scene was cropped from a larger tiger lily field. Ref courtesy Wendy in Canada.
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COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith
Saturday, November 23, 2019
White Coffee Cup
3.75x5.25 watercolor on Italia Magnani 140 lb cold press paper just done using new White Nights paints. Today I was experimenting with values to see how well the pigments performed using mixed neutrals.
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COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith
Friday, November 22, 2019
Sweet Eyes Puppy
3x5.25 watercolor on Italia 140 lb cold press paper and White Nights paints done today. I could not resist this puppy with the sweet eyes and do not remember where he was photographed. First time to try out the new paints that are made in Russia that a lot of artists seem to enjoy using.
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COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith
Thursday, November 21, 2019
Kitty Chair
4x7 watercolor on Magnani Italia 140 lb cold press paper, Daniel
Smith/American Journey paints sketched yesterday and painted today. Ref courtesy of WetCanvas artist Karen and this is her cat Oliver. He looks so much like my Chester I just had to paint him in his sunny chair.
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COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
Frida ~ mixed media collage
14x11 mixed media acrylic collage on matboard using a previous painting of Frida Kahlo that is 8.5x5. This was adhered to the red mat board support with medium paste then an acrylic abstract was cut into equal strips for border mat. The strips were collaged as well for an altogether different look.
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COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Old Lace & Apples
5x7 watercolor on Magnani Italia paper 140 lb cold press, an imaginary still life of two apples and old lace. I decided to make the background black and this was achieved by mixing alizarin crimson + phthalo green. The highlights on the fruit were left the white of the paper in this miniature.
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COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith
Monday, November 18, 2019
Mad Cow
10.25x9 mixed media on paper, another in my weird cow series.
Media used: Watercolor, Staedtler Calligraph Duo 3.5mm pen, white
gelly roll ink pen, black India ink, light blue Montana acrylic marker
(background), and white gouache.Working from black and white photocopy
all color is imaginary for this Hereford. I tried to keep the values
correct and put small bursts of colors here and there such as
ultramarine blue and cadmium orange for this whimsical farm animal.
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COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith.
Sunday, November 17, 2019
Caribou Winter
12x9 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper finished today of a caribou with snow on his head. His wide eyes are taking in a winter scene in this month before Christmas.
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COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith
Saturday, November 16, 2019
Birds in Flight
9x12 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper just done of two birds having an in flight meal. This was an exercise in motion painting using only a script liner or rigger brush and water. No pencil sketch beforehand.
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COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith
Friday, November 15, 2019
Red Rose on a Cold Day
6x4.5 watercolor on Bristol 100 lb/300 series paper done a few days ago, sketched in pencil from life using a silk rose. Colors were applied in a direct manner with one application and lots of water.
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COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith
Thursday, November 14, 2019
Antique Store Teddy Bear
6x4.5 watercolor on Bristol 100 lb/300 series paper done a few days ago for another online challenge with WetCanvas. The teddy bear looks lonely amongst the other antiques. Ref courtesy Virginia Spencer.
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COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Luna Moth
7x3.75 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper done a few days ago for a Facebook challenge giving a prompt to paint (All Animals Watercolor). These yellow green neon winged creatures do not eat and are sometimes called lunar moths. Shown actual size.
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COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Ridgeback Dog
7x9.5 watercolor on paper in Ecosystem sketchbook just completed as part of another timed online challenge; ref courtesy WetCanvas/Li Newton. The dog's name is Congo and appeared very sweet in the photo provided so hope he appears as such in this pet portrait.
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COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith
Monday, November 11, 2019
Leaning Barn
8x8 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper done over this past weekend. Ref courtesy another artist in Canada who hosted this month's challenge. These old barn structures are left abandoned in our country as well, a testament to earlier and simpler times. Note the rusty old car parked forever in its front yard and old metal barrels in foreground.
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COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith
Sunday, November 10, 2019
Tree Hauling Truck
12x9 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper, another one of my new Christmas card designs to be submitted soon to a company for possible production. This old green truck has been shined and redone to sparkle in time for the holiday season.
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COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith
Saturday, November 9, 2019
Lone Poplar Tree
9x6 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done a few days ago, another imaginary winter landscape with snow just in time for the holidays. I have been doing new designs to submit to a card company that produces them annually.
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Friday, November 8, 2019
Border Collie by the Fire
9x6 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper just completed as part of a new line up of Christmas images. This unknown dog is wearing its Santa hat as a collar and is enjoying a warm fireplace.
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COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith
Thursday, November 7, 2019
Branching Out Cardinal
15x11 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper of a male cardinal in the cold snow and ice. This is a previous work and is SOLD.
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COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
In the Pines
11x7 watercolor on cold press paper 140 lb painted in a direct manner, a quintessential mountain and pine tree landscape. This work is SOLD.
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COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Butterfly and Coneflowers
8x5.5 watercolor and ink line in Strathmore Visual Journal, a spring scene that has now been SOLD.
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COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith
Monday, November 4, 2019
Handsome Chef
8.5x5.5 watercolor and ink line on paper done last week. The real chef I sketched this from was much more rotund so I have skinnied him up quite a bit.
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COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith
Sunday, November 3, 2019
Contemporary Coneflower
8.5x5.5 watercolor and ink line on paper done last week from a photo I took of an off white coneflower in a greenhouse. It was pretty but looked better with some colors added.
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COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith
Saturday, November 2, 2019
New Orleans Skinny Building
11x7 watercolor done last week of October, a street scene in New Orleans, on Kilimanjaro 140 lb cold press paper and Daniel Smith paints. There were no figures in the photo so I added a lone guy at the doorway of the skinny building. Ref courtesy Valri/Wet Canvas.
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COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith
Friday, November 1, 2019
Black Horse
8x8 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper drawn and painted today. The sun and light were hitting parts of his forelock and mane so I added oranges and golds to go with the predominantly bluish black of his coat. Left side background was left white.
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