Tabby Tail

9x7 watercolor using White Nights paints done last week before Thanksgiving. This fun tabby cat was an exercise in mixing browns and is on 80 lb Masters Touch sketchbook paper. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Rosa Rugosa

9x7 watercolor using White Nights paints over pencil sketch done last weekend in sketchbook (Masters Touch 80 lb). I used only a #1 rigger or script liner brush painting wet on dry. This was for another weekend drawing event in the All Media Art Events calendar forum for WetCanvas, the largest online art site. Ref courtesy of fellow artist Kat and the flower is a hedging rose with a heavenly scent. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Sky and Sea

7x9 watercolor on 80 lb sketchbook paper in Masters Touch, an imaginary seascape done last week using a high horizon line above the waves. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

String of Lights

9x7 watercolor done week before last in Masters Touch sketchbook 80 lb paper, a string of Christmas holiday lights against evergreens. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Cheery Blackcapped Chickadees

7x9 mixed media on Masters Touch 80 lb paper done last weekend, an imaginary bird painting featuring three blackcapped chickadees amongst snowy icy branches. I first at random brushed matte medium on the page, let it dry, then pencil sketched in the watercolor birds. White gouache was used to splatter over the cerulean and ultramarine blue background, and also to enhance the snow and ice clumps on the pine branches. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Sunset Over Water

7x9 watercolor on Masters Touch 80 lb paper in sketchbook done over the past weekend, another imaginary sky over water theme I've been practicing painting. Here I've added more yellow and orange to form sunset vibes above with some reflections. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Blackhead Sheep

9x7 mixed media on Masters Touch 80 lb paper in sketchbook done last Sunday in preparation for the WetCanvas Animal & Wildlife forum monthly challege. I've used a STA Lictin 0.3 ink pen to sketch the sheep,then black Brusho and watercolor. When dry a few lines added with white gel pen to show individual wool. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Happy Thanksgiving! Evergreen Elegance

6x4 watercolor and gouache on 140 lb Langton paper, an imaginary mountain scene focusing on tall evergreens and their elegance. Have a happy Thanksgiving! COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Icy Forest

7x9 mixed watermedia in Masters Touch 80 lb paper sketchbook, done last week, another imaginary winter landscape. Here I have begun with acrylic gouache followed by grey Brusho then watercolor, utilizing lots of negative painting to form forest trees. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Dusk Over Water

7x9 watercolor in Masters Touch 80 lb paper sketchbook done a few days ago,another imaginary seascape with vast sky and low horizon and water at dusk. On far right background one can visualize a town and its buildings in silhouette. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Buffalo Bill

10x8 acrylic gouache on wrapped canvas done a few weeks ago for an online challenge. I am host for November Acrylics forum on WetCanvas!and the challenge is to create a painting using mixed browns, no tube color. Using Liquitex brand a.g. these browns are made from primaries plus white and/or black on my own reference. This buffalo art has been varnished. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Baxter Boston Terrier

9x7 watercolor in Masters Touch sketchbook 80 lb paper done over the weekend for another WetCanvas challenge (Weekend Drawing Event); ref courtesy Angie, owner of Baxter the Boston Terrier. Participants have 2 hours to choose an image then paint it so always interesting to see what references are given. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Abstract Man

6x4 Brusho on slick paper similar to Yupo using only a brush with green and blue on one side and warm colors on the right side. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Winding Icy Stream

7x9 mixed media in Masters Touch sketchbook 80 lb paper done a few days ago using white wax crayon and Rosa watercolors, an imaginary frozen winter landscape. In this scene I've tried to show how water freezes as it winds its way down amongst the various trees and bushes. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Chilly Pinecones

9x7 watercolor using Kuretake Gansai Tambi graphite paints in Masters Touch sketchbook 80 lb paper done over the weekend for another online challenge. With the WetCanvas' Weekend Drawing Event participants have 2 hours to select an image and paint it. Mine was under 1 hour painting partly wet in wet and wet on dry methods. Ref courtesy Connie. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Old Truck by Barn Christmas Version

Old Truck by Barn Christmas Version 9x6 watercolor on Grumbacher 140 lb cold press paper done last weekend using old truck photos with barns; the decorated one with a Christmas wreath is the altered version of the first. More snow was added also using white gouache. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Road to the Mountains

7x9 watercolor done a few days ago in Masters Touch sketchbook, another imaginary landscape with mountains in the distance and lots of terrain to explore. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Cardinal View

5x5 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper done last week from one of many cardinal photos. This fellow seems to be staring at me wondering what is going on around his tree. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Cactus and Clay Wall

22x15 watercolor on Kilimanjaro 140 cold press paper done last week from some of my cactus/cacti photos. This tall one has great cast shadows against the clay colored wall. Fun to explore textures not only with the succulent but with the aged, cracked background in this botanical still life. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Buffalo Collage

12x12 torn paper collage on wrapped canvas done last week, a profile view of a wild bison or buffalo of the Great Plains or Yellowstone. For its eye I used a black woman's bra photo and other fun surprises within the animal shape. Sides are also in collage and art is varnished; no frame needed. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Tree by the Lake

6.75x9 watercolo on 140 lb cold press paper done earlier in the week, a cold winter scene with partially frozen lake. Another artist furnished the reference so not sure of where this lake is located. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Kingbird Threesome

4x6 watercolor and ink using STA Lictin 0.3 pen on Grumbacher 140 lb cold press paper I'd been using under smaller work to catch drips done today. I like how abstract marks such as these random colors support a more realistic subject as the kingbird. Birds were sketched in pen then minimal color using Payne's grey, sepia, and indigo for the darks; barbed wire fence they are on was painted with burnt sienna and quinacridone burnt sienna. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

October Abstract

6x3 watercolor and India ink on paper done the last part of October, a simple abstraction design using the two media. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Autumn Abstract

12x9 mixed media on Grumbacher 140 lb cold press paper using watercolor, acrylic, acrylic ink, India ink; done week before last. I did this imaginary abstract as a method to warm up. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Pair of Autumn Aspens

12x9 watercolor and Brusho wc crystals on Grumbacher 140 lb cold press paper done week before last, another imaginary tree painting showing close up of their bark. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Savory Chef

9x7 watercolor and ink line using STA Lictin 0.3 pen done last month, another in my comical chef series. This is on Masters Touch 80 lb sketchbook paper. The chef image will be used for United Way's Empty Bowl event coming up next week. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Red Bowl and Apples

8.25x9 watercolor, Brusho red crystals over ink line using Micron 01 pen in sketchbook done last week. Ref courtesy of another artist in our weekend drawing event on WetCanvas! in which participants have 2 hours to do a painting. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Springtime Trees

9x12 watercolor on Grumbacher 140 lb cold press paper, an exercise in applying loose springtime colors. I donated this one which I cut into bookmarks and attached blue yarn to our local art association. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Owl in Hiding

9x7 mixed media on Masters Touch sketchbook paper 80 lb, done last week, another in my imaginary owl series. I used alcohol inks, acrylics, ink, STA Lictin 0.5 pen, Brusho, and watercolor. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Max

8x8 watercolor on Masters Touch 140 lb cold press premium paper painted yesterday for a customer who furnished the photograph. Max did not have a home but was enticed inside and now is enjoying a warmer life with food and love. This work is SOLD. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith