Bicycle Parts

4x4 mixed media on canvas board done week before last as part of a demo the Palette Club had on texture. Every person attending received some item to stick to their canvas with strong Golden adhesive. When dry mine was painted with 2-3 neutral acrylic colors in and around the bicycle wheel and parts of its chain. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Scattered Tree Trunks

6x9 mixed media on 70 lb paper done weekend before last while in the mountains. This is the 3rd or 4th version of the same landscape winter scene done before. I used Derwent watercolor colored pencils, different brands colored pencils to create this cold scene. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Cold Bluebonnets

8x8 watercolor using White Nights paints on Masters Premium 140 lb. cold press paper done week before last while in the mountains. These Texas bluebonnets were experiencing a late snow covering their hardy plant structure. This work is SOLD. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

In the Distance

5x9 watercolor using White Nights paints on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done weekend before last while on a short trip to the mountains. Practicing imaginary landscape scenes such as this small one is done with no pencil drawing beforehand, just brush only. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Loads of Tomatoes

6x8 watercolor using White Nights paints on Hahnemuhle grey toned 95 lb. paper (sketchbook), done weekend before last. Ref courtesy WetCanvas host Sandra Kelley for the weekend drawing event. Participants have 2 hours to choose an image to draw or paint. These ripe and green tomatoes are saying summer hurry up. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

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

Donkey Profile

8.5x5.5 watercolor using White Nights paints done a couple weeks ago while on a trip. For this WetCanvas online challenge I used my Masters Touch sketchbook with 70 lb. paper that takes watermedia very well. I cropped the reference to focus on the donkey's head and neck. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Lincoln Forest in Snow

4x6 watercolor on 300 lb cold press Saunders paper done a few weeks ago while in the Lincoln National Forest, just a grouping of trees in snow, waiting on spring sunshine. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Springtime Cow

7.25 x 3.5 mixed media on paper done last week using Micron 01 pen, watercolor (White Nights paints), gel pen, black India ink. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Poppy Colors

7x9 watercolor on 140 lb cold press painted last month, an imaqinary floral watercolor of poppies based on previous sketches of the bouncy blooms. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Silence of Snow

11x15 another quiet snow scene in the country, watercolor on Fabriano 140 lb hot press paper done about a week or so ago. I used Cobalt Blue Violet, ultramarine blue, Prussian blue (Daniel Smith), and aureolin modern (QoR) paints. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Posh Poinsettias

7x3 watercolor using brush only, no pencil drawing first, on a scrap of wc paper 140 lb cold press, done last month. I was studying the bracts of my own pink poinsettia plant that sparked this painting. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Flighty Hummingbird

7x5 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper done last month, another quickie study of a hummingbird in flight. His wings are beating so fast they really cannot be seen as I've depicted here. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Market Fresh

22x15 watercolor on 140 lb cold press Saunders paper painted wet into wet from an older photo of a woman shopping for fresh vegetables at a market. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Peony Bud

8x8 acrylics on wrapped canvas painted last month, an imaginary floral inspired by my studio wall fabric covering. This one was part of an online challenge featuring acrylics. It has been varnished with gloss medium. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Coneflower Confetti

8.25x5.25 mixed media in junk journal done today, a coneflower sketched with STA Lictin 0.3 pigment liner pen, painted with watercolor,then cellophane clear tape with acrylic and alcohol ink pieces on the inside adhered, and blue Montana marker for background. Only three or so more pages left in the 1950 grunge book I've been doodling in since 2017 left to go. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Thistle Explosion

9x6 watercolor on 140 lb Grumbacher paper done today using only a #14 round brush (no pencil drawing) in this imaginary wild thistle painting. I could imagine the strong wind blowing its many bloom parts out from the weed into the air. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith