Christmas Star

6x4 watercolor on mixed media paper done last month for an online Christmas holiday card exchange; hope its recipient has it by now and likes my imaginary decorations on a tree. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Festive Tree ~ torn paper collage on canvas

10x8 torn paper collage on wrapped canvas done week before last, an evergreen tree in the snow with its shadow in foreground. Lots of fun that usually takes a day or two to accomplish. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Poinsettia Accent

8.5x5.5 watercolor using Rosa paints in sketchbook 80 lb paper done week before last of a silk poinsettia arrangement from Petals company. I used every red and pink in the paint set for variation. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2024

Nomadic Couple

15x11 watercolor on 140 lb cold press Master's Touch paper done last week or so ago, an imaginary figures in costumes Native American painting. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2024

Christmas Deer

4x6 watercolor on mixed media paper done recently for an online holiday Christmas card exchange; its recipient in Canada really liked the design and sentiment. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Holiday Freeze

6x4 watercolor on mixed media paper recently painted for another holiday card online exchange; hope the recipient likes it! COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Frozen Weather

5.5x8.5 watercolor in Master's Touch sketchbook 80 lb paper done recently emphasizing weather effects of ice and snow which is bound to happen sooner rather than later in this imaginary painting. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2024

Snowy Doe

6x4 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper done recently for an online card exchange; this doe deer in show was fun and puts you in the holiday spirit. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2024

Rusty Wheelbarrow

8.5x5.5 mixed media on 80 lb sketchbook paper done over the past weekend; ref courtesy WetCanvas.com. I used Micron 01 pen to sketch, burnt sienna Brusho wc crystals, and watercolors using Rosa paints (Ukraine). Some white gouache used on the garden shed wall. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Silent Night Chapel

8.5x5.5 watercolor in sketchbook 80 lb paper by Master's Touch done yesterday, an imaginary nocturnal snow scene of a country chapel or church nestled in the evergreens. I used Daniel Smith's Moonglow plus Rosa Gallery paints made in Ukraine. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Blind Contour Tabbycat

8.5x5.5 mixed media over ink line blind contour cat in sketchbook done a few days ago then finished today. Using Micron 01 and STA Lictin pens, dark lines were crosshatched, then multi-lead Koh-I-Noor colored pencils for eyes and ears, burnt sienna Brusho wc crystals sprinkled into wet water on the cat's chest. White acrylic brushed under chin to eliminate unwanted line. Background was royal blue Montana acrylic marker. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2024

Rainy Day Birds

5.5x8.5 mixed media on Master's Touch sketchbook 80 lb paper done today. For these imaginary birds I used Micron 01 pen to sketch, then added Koh-I-Noor multilead colored pencils. White wax crayon used to indicate snow. Black Brusho wc crystals by ColourCraft (UK) for the dark feathers then Rosa Gallery/Ukraine burnt sienna watercolors for tan/brown. Lastly for the shadows and background Daniel Smith's Moonglow was used loose and wet. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2024

Contour Line Cat

8x8 watercolor using Rosa paints on Grumbacher 140 lb cold press paper done last week after studying contour and blind contour line art in my class. Lots of fun. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2024

Carousel Mare

6x6 watercolor, ink, gel pen done a week ago in Master's Touch sketchbook for an online challenge (ref courtesy WetCanvas). The cluttered background was edited out and the carousel horse was cropped. I used STA Lictin 0.8 pen to sketch. COPYRIGHT KaySmith 2024

Woven Flowers of Passion

15x22 work is actually two identically painted scenes of pink roses in front of a house. The original was ho-hum boring so a few years later did another exactly like it as I'd saved the drawing. I got the idea of weaving them together after seeing the work of Nancy Maas, which is much looser and not as tightly woven. One painting you cut wavy strips horizontally, and the other cut vertical strips, then weave in and out. When done I vacuum mounted onto acid free matboard to frame it. Now it looks much more interesting! COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2024

Blind Contour Cat

7.75x5 watercolor using Rosa Gallery paints made in Ukraine on Canson mixed media paper done earlier in the week as part of my Monday weekly art class. Blind contour line sketch is drawing done without looking at your paper and trying not to lift the pencil or pen if you want continuous line. Lots of fun! Never know what you'll end up with painting. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2024

Horse Sketch in Ink

8.5x5.5 ink using black Tombow brush pen on Master's Touch 80 lb paper in sketchbook done last week or so ago. I like using the brush pen as you can add water to it and get instant results that mimic watercolor. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Fiery Wild Mare

15x22 watercolor on Kilimanjaro 140 lb CP recently done from an art trading card I painted and someone purchased. This imaginary contemporary horse lights up a room. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Party Owl

12x12 acrylics on wrapped canvas done for last Friday's paint in class at a local church group. Multiple layers of colors make this fun abstracted owl a true piece of wonder art. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2024

Pear Study

Pear Study 8x5.5 mixed media of my pear, drawn today before I ate it. At first it was too pretty to eat. After studying it awhile I got out my black Pigma Micron 01 pen and Strathmore Visual Journal for mixed media and drew the whole pear. Then I cut it in half until seeds visible, and drew that along with its end and other sections including the core. Then I took apart the seeds and sketched those. Crosshatching was done for dark areas. Media used was ink, watercolor, and colored pencils; the CPs were "color-sanded" into wet areas with fine grit sandpaper so the tiny specks you see are CP pigment bits. When dry, I stamped 'pears' in black ink at the top and flicked wet paint spray. An enjoyable Bartlett pear for sure after studying it first. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Young Elephant

Young Elephant 6x4 India ink plus grey Brusho crystals on Joggles sketchbook paper done a few days ago. I used a wooden chopstick to sketch the young elephant in ink and when dry, wet the paper and sprinkled Brusho. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Alto Clouds

5.5x8.5 watercolor on sketchbook 80 lb paper using Master's Touch. This is from a photo I took in the Alto Lakes parking lot of menacing clouds that went on to flood Roswell October20th. But with the painting I changed the foreground to be green grassland rather than parked cars, etc. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Shaggy Mare

22x15 watercolor on Saunders 300 lb cold press paper completed a few days ago of another artist's horse. I enhanced the reference and used a filter to get oranges and reds from sunlight hitting ner hair. Background is imaginary. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2024

November Town

November Town 5.5x8.5 watercolor on Master's Touch sketchbook paper 80 lb done last week or so ago for an online challenge for landscapes. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2024

Blue Lizard

9.75x4.5 mixed media on new brown paper recently done. I used ink, watercolor, and Tombow brush pen on this desert reptile. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2024

Jumbo Elephant

6x4 ink with grey Brusho wc crystals added to give the elephant some color (posted previously as ink sketch for #inktober2024). This is on Joggles sketchbook paper 80 lb. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Acorns

5.5x8.5 watercolor on paper in Master's Touch sketchbook done last week of October, a natural still life found on my driveway. This was done for a WetCanvas online challenge featuring nuts. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Apple Buckets

15x11 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper. Foreground is layered with midtones and darks, different values and strokes of grasses, leaves, and twigs. More burnt sienna and quinacridone burnt orange added to shadow side of upright bucket with some splattering to indicate dings and dents. Also I widened the apple tree trunk on the right side and glazed the bark with quin burnt orange. Background leafy tree now has darker shadowed leaves on its left side. Distant tree line on far right was put in for depth, distance and balance. All in all am pleased with how this still life in a landscape turned out. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2024

Abstract Hibiscus

15x22 watercolor just completed this week from combos of hibiscus flowers I had taken in the yard and at nurseries. Lots of color yet an exciting composition of wild abstraction make this floral a winner. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

November

11x15 watercolor scene of a muddy country road in November. Fall leaves have been disappearing just as the warm days have; recent promise of rain add to the ambience of autumn with just a hint of colder weather to come. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2024