Hungry Bird

4x6 watercolor of a young and hungry little bird who is surrounded by spring and/or summer. This work is SOLD and is painted on Canson 140 lb cold press paper/Daniel Smith paints. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Maureen's Daffodils

6x6 watercolor on Master's Touch 80 lb sketchbook paper done recently; ref courtesy Maureen on WetCanvas Weekend Drawing Event. I've cropped her photo to focus only on the largest daffodil accented by a few others. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Black Sweet Potato Bloom

6x6 watercolor and colored pencil on Masters Touch 80 lb paper done week before last when discovering my new black sweet potato had bloomed. Loving the pale pinkish lavender color of the bloom sparked an interest in doing this piece. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Got the Blues Holstein

6x6 mixed media using watercolor, ink, and Montana acrylic marker over a contour drawing on Masters Touch 80 lb paper. Done recently, I thought the Holstein cow looked rather sad hence the title about having the blues. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Cactus Conglomeration

6x6 watercolor and colored pencils on Masters Touch 80 lb paper in sketchbook, another imaginary prickly pear composition using various media. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

White Necked Jacobin Hummer

6x6 watercolor on Masters Touch 80 lb sketchbook paper done a couple weeks ago using White Nights paints. Unaware of this type hummingbird a friend shared this photo to paint. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Desert Canyon and Cactus

6x6 watercolor with White Nights paints on Masters Touch 80 lb paper done at first of the month from one of the many desert landscape and cactus images just waiting to be painted. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

National Pink Day ~ Blue Shutters and Flowers

6x6 watercolor using White Nights paints on Masters Touch 80 lb paper done a couple weeks ago. Since today is National Pink Day I thought sharing this recent sunny house, pots, and pink flowering tree appropriate. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Pricklies and Brown Flowers

6x6 watercolor and ink on Masters Touch sketchbook 80 lb paper done in the first week of June, another in my cactus prickly pear series. With this piece I'm focused on the roughness of the rural countryside and its weeds, wildflowers, and cactus that grow and prosper together. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Coneflower Circus ~ First Day of Summer

9x6 watercolor on 140 lb Canson paper cold press finished yesterday as today 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 2023 Kay Smith

Putting Green

22x15 watercolor imaginary golf scene of a person putting a golfball towards the hole on a green. This is on 300 lb Saunders cold press paper. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Purple Pot Cactus

6x6 watercolor using brush only, no pencil drawing, done yesterday of a potted cactus, another in my cactus series. This is on 80 lb sketchbook paper in Masters Touch book. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Prickly Performance

6x6 watercolor and colored pencils on Masters Touch sketchbook 80 lb. paper done first part of June, another cactus of prickly pears in my series. These imaginary desert landscapes are so much fun and each one is different and usually done with addition of at least one other medium. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Gentlemen Gossip

9x12 ink on Bristol board paper by Fabriano done first part of June as part of an online challenge. I love these two old gentlemen with their high-waisted pants swapping stories or gossip after meeting up in village or town. A black Tombow brush pen was used to put in the black areas first; water added to make a third value in this figure study. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Young Robin Redbreast

7x5 watercolor and ink on gessoed 140 lb cold press paper done at the first of June, a rather whimsical young robin just starting out its life. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Fiesta Peppers

8x8 watercolor on Masters Touch Premium 140 lb cold press paper, a vegetable still life set up of vivid fiesta colors. Photo courtesy Jo Castillo. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Prickly Pear Landscape

8.25x5.25 mixed media collage in junk journal done last month. Beginning with watercolor I finished with added collage elements in this imaginary desert landscape. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Hill Country Antiques

22x15 watercolor on Winsor Newton 140 lb cold press paper done recently from one of my Texas hill country photos of the Ingram and Kerrville areas. I've painted this rock house before with its quaint porch and red geraniums. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Wild Prickly Pears

6x6 watercolor on Masters Touch sketchbook 80 lb paper done last week of May, another in my cactus series. Each one is different using various approaches. This was painted quickly without any pre-planning. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Model

22x15 watercolor on Saunders Waterford 140 lb cold press paper with primary colors underpainting from my photos of various manikins. The model's hair and face were drawn first from an unusual viewpoint below the figure's waist looking upwards. A number of these lifeless models were fashion plates, wearing the finest women's clothing, from a Margaret's store exhibit in Lubbock, Texas. The store was an icon of quality couture for many years. Of course I exercised my artistic license and changed her dress from red and black to these magenta and purple/pinks. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Wise Great Horned Owl

4x6 watercolor miniature on 140 lb cold press Canson paper done in May using some of my wild bird photos. First I placed the dry paper face down in wet palette paint, let it dry, then developed the owl likeness. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Prickly Predicament

6x6 watercolor and white gel pen done in May on Masters Touch sketchbook, 80 lb. paper, done wet in wet. In this imaginary cactus desert scene I've emphasized the forms and shapes of the prickly pear cactus. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Strawberry Jam Time

15x22 watercolor on 140 lb cold press Saunders cold press painted wet into wet, a fruit still life featuring strawberries spilling out of an old metal bucket, waiting to be taken to the kitchen to make jam. This is from an old photo depicting canning and summer. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Hollyhock House

Hollyhock House 15x22 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper partially done wet in wet of an imaginary country summer home surrounded by hollyhock garden with more plants. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Back in Arizona

22x15 watercolor with Daniel Smith paints on Arches 140 lb cold press paper painted recently wet in wet. This is the side of a hotel front we stayed at often in the Phoenix area on work trips. I loved the huge yucca and its shadows and the contrast of the hotel's white stucco against a painterly sky. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Desert Icons Study in Mixed Media

11x8.5 mixed media using colored pencils, watercolor and gouache on paper in sketchbook, a quick study of an old imaginary mission with saguaro cactus I've painted before a few times. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Cuddly Colts

6x6 watercolor on Masters Touch 80 lb paper in sketchbook done last weekend for another WetCanvas online challenge. These two colts had amazing colors of their coats and it was not easy to mix them to look realistic. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Revelation ~ reworked Trumpet of the Lord

22x15 watercolor and gouache done in May, a reworked scene that was an ascending angel above trees. It is now a mission with stormy skies, white doves, clouds and a foreboding that reminded me of the words in Revelation. I kept the trees at the bottom foreground. This is on 140 lb cold press paper. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Cactus Melee

6x6 watercolor, Brusho using olive and moss greens plus grey, and India ink in Masters Touch sketchbook done in May, another in my imaginary cactus series working wet into wet and applying line if needed. With this one ink lines were quickly sketched in first then color followed when dry. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Plentiful Prickly Pear

6x6 watercolor and India ink in Masters Touch sketchbook done in May, another in my imaginary cactus series working wet into wet and applying line if needed. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith