Little Boy in Santa Hat #sktchy #30faces30days ~ Day 14

9x6 mixed media using grey Noodler's ink in brush pen and colored pencils on wc paper done a couple weeks back for day 14 of Sktchy's new portrait challenge. This little boy belongs to the online instructor and looked so cute in a Santa hat. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Man and Frenchie #sktchy #30faces30days ~ Day 13

6.5x4.5 pencil, colored pencil, and white charcoal pencil on toned tan paper for day 13 of the online #sktchy portrait challenge. Each day an instructor selects a new face from the Museum app and does a live demo. I enjoyed this double portrait of a man with his French bulldog who have similar facial features. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Brunette Gal #sktchy #30faces30days Day 12

9x8.25 pen portrait for another day, day 12, of #sktchy 30 faces in 30 days challenge. This is on sketchbook paper and shows a brunette with her head down. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Asparagus

9x7 watercolor and ink line using STA 0.2 pen in sketchbook 80 lb paper done last weekend. Ref of fresh asparagus courtesy Valri Ary, host for WetCanvas weekend drawing event. My vegetable sketch was completed in less than 2 hours. White Nights paints were used. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Hannah sketch #sktchy #30faces30days ~ Day 11

9x8.25 pencil sketch of a young girl which was this day's chosen muse from the Museum app (real people upload photos of themselves for artists). Sktchy has 10 or more artists who prepare a live video lesson tutorial. I did this lesson on sketchbook paper. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Marla #sktchy #30faces30days Day 10

9x8.25 ink on sketchbook paper using Micron and STA Lictin pens for day number 10, for the current new #Sktchy portrait challenge. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

A Woman in Glasses #sktchy #30Faces30Days Day 9

9x8.25 pencil on paper done on Jan. 9 for Day 9 of the 30 Faces challenge by Sktchy. This woman looks dejected and sad. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Red Beard #sktchy #30faces30days Day 8

9x8.25 pencil on paper done on Jan. 8 for the eighth day of Sktchy's new 30 faces in 30 days class. This muse or model had red hair and was making quite a face for the camera. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Pensive Young Woman #sktchy #30faces30days Day 7

9x7 ink over paper that has acrylic paint over its surface (Masters Touch sketchbook) done earlier in the month for day 7 of Sktchy's 30 Faces challenge. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

January Tulips ~ watercolor demo on Yupo

12x9 watercolor on smooth Yupo synthetic paper by Legion, a demo today for our Monday afternoon class. No reference was used, just a simple pencil sketch. Tulips in January are always welcome to paint or to see. Yupo is polypropylene, useful for any wet media (alcohol ink, watercolor, liquid acrylics or inks, etc.) COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Little Boy in Chair #sktchy #30faces30days Day 6

8x5.25 Derwent Inktense colored pencil 'red poppy' in Moleskine sketchbook done first week of the month for day 6 of Sktchy online portrait class. I enjoyed the cute young boy as he waited in his chair. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Grandma #sktchy #30faces30days Day 4

9.5x7 brown Tombow ink brush pen in Ecosystem sketchbook done the first week of January for day 4 of Sktchy online portrait class. This is the instructor's grandmother. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Curly Girl with Cat #sktchy #30faces30days Day 3

6.5x4.5 pencil and white charcoal on tan sketch paper done last week for Day 3 of Sktchy's new online portrait class; I enjoy the young curly haired girl and her fun cat who looks so serious in this double portrait. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Pensive Young Man #sktchy #30faces30days Day 5

11x7.25 white colored pencil on black sketch paper Sktchy portrait of a young man looking very intense or thoughtful. This is for another online portrait challenge by #sktchy. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Hidden Wood

9x5 watercolor on Grumbacher 140 lb cold press paper, an imaginary snowy woods scene with a few bare branched trees standing out in front of the others. Painted wet on dry using Daniel Smith paints. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Neighbor's Barn

6x9 watercolor on 140 lb Grumbacher cold press paper done yesterday from one of my many barn photos; some were taken before the structures were torn down or fell down from age and neglect. Foreground is a mix of weeds with purple flowers with one repeated wet colored wash after the other. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Dimple Girl ~ #sktchy #30days30faces Day 2

9x7 pen on sketchbook paper 80 lb done on 2 January for the next lesson in portraits as outlined by Sktchy app. Instructors choose real people who have put their own collection of face photos into the Museum app. No erasing with a pen! COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Squint Eyed Man #sktchy #30faces30days

9x7 pencil sketch on Masters Touch 80 lb paper done on Jan. 1 for another #sktchy class a new #30faces30days endeavor. Each day a new muse (model) photo is demonstrated by one of the Sktchy artists; photos are located in the Museum app where people upload their own images. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Mystery Tribe

8.25x9 mixed media on gessoed paper begun yesterday and finished today, another in my tribal Indian series. No pencil sketch. I used watercolor, black India ink, white Posca and gel pens. I enjoy designing the Native American costume ceremonial dress. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Southern Arizona Saguaro

7x9 watercolor over pencil sketch of a scene around Tucson complete with tall saguaros. This is on Masters Touch 80 lb paper done yesterday with Daniel Smith/American Journey paints. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Hotel Lamp

9x7 watercolor over pencil sketch of an iron lamp mounted on a hotel wall painted yesterday in Masters Touch 80 lb paper sketchbook. I enjoy painting architecture and street lamps also. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Rousay's Horse

17x20 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper painted last weekend; ref courtesy artist Rousay for another weekend drawing event on WetCanvas.com. Participants have 2 hours to choose their image then paint it. I didn't quite make the time limit so had to add 2 more hours before finishing with this lovely sorrel horse of Rousay's. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Adobe Gate

6.5x4.5 mixed media on brown sketchbook paper done mid-January 2022. I used watercolor, white gel pen, Brusho, and sketched with STA Lictin 0.1 pen. In this imaginary southwestern art scene I've tried to impart a sense of the dry desert. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Red Rock Cliffs

2x5.25 watercolor miniature on 140 lb cold press paper, another imaginary arid desert themed landscape. I brushed across with clay color on the horizontal format the day we left for the mountains on Dec. 26 then finished upon return last Monday on New Year's Day. Details were added such as random greenery, etc. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Mountain Lake Sunrise

7x9 watercolor on Masters Touch 80 lb sketchbook paper done last week, the last painting of 2023. I used White Nights paints to do this sunrise focused landscape from my mountain series refs. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Wary Indian Brave

9x5.5 mixed media on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done last weekend in December. Ref courtesy WetCanvas. This was part of a weekend drawing event in which participants have 2 hours to select their choice of subjects then paint or draw using any media. For this, I cropped the Indian's body to focus on his head and shoulders. I used colored pencils, Micron 01 ink pen, oil pastels, Crayola markers, and White Nights watercolors. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Mount Zion Church

7x9 watercolor using White Nights paints done last week in Masters Touch 80 lb paper in sketchbook. I'd seen this lovely building in an article about it. It was established in 1892 at Dix Gap, Cullowhee, now Western Carolina University. Ref courtesy Syla Herald. This is another in my old country churches series. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Poppy Greetings

5.25x5.25 watercolor and wc pencil on slick paper done before the end of December, a simple vivid pink poppy and its friends painted loosely. Only a slight pencil sketch done before adding paint. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Frozen Edges

3x4 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper, another imaginary winter landscape painted at the end of December. It is not that cold and icy here but one can think about it. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Blue African Violet

7x9 watercolor using White Nights paints done last week. This is on 80 lb Masters Touch paper, painting wet on dry with a fairly abstract background. Ref courtesy WetCanvas.com COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

High Country Barn in Snow ~ Happy New Year's Day 2024!

7x9 watercolor in Masters Touch sketchbook 80 lb paper done on Christmas Day 2023. In this imaginary snow scene featuring a barn, I've added mountains and trees and fences. Have a wonderful new year! COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith