Cosmos Coneflower Confetti ~ Happy New Year!

6x6 watercolor in sketchbook by Master's Touch 80 lb completed today, my last painting for 2024! Happy New Year! I've combined white and pink cosmos with yellow orange coneflower in this imaginary floral watercolor garden. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Cat Dreams

8x6 watercolor on Fluid 100 hot press 140 lb done week before last, a dreamy painting of my dreamy cat Mini Pearl, a dilute calico. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2024

Prairie Pride Bison

Prairie Pride Bison 14x22.5 watercolor on Arches 140 lb cold press paper, an older imaginary wildlife painting. Imagining snow and ice for west Texas, I decided to paint prairie bison as they worked their way across the plains in a windy blizzard. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Gingham Pitcher of Roses

22x15 watercolor done awhile ago using ceramic pitcher (a gift from my brother), plastic tablecloth as a stenciled doily effect, and roses from another artist's photo she shared. Paper is Fabriano 140 lb hot press which is great for detailed effects. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith

Spruced up for Winter

14x10 watercolor on Kilimanjaro 140 lb cold press block, American Journey/Daniel Smith paints, done with cold weather in mind and on its way with a pale lilac sky. Bare branches peep out behind the snow laden spruce tree and the old Victorian porch in this winter landscape. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith

December Church in Snow

9x7 watercolor on Masters Touch 80 lb sketchbook paper done last year, another in my snow scene featuring church buildings. This one is set at night and the lights are on beckoning all to come in and worship. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

White Gold Poinsettia Leaves

10.5 x 16 watercolor on Arches 140 lb cold press paper, Daniel Smith paints, drawn and painted from live poinsettia plant in white and gold. This was done many Christmases ago and is still my favorite holiday floral. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Frosted Flakes

10.5x7 watermedia on Lanaquarelle 140 lb hot press paper. First I marked tree cone shaped lines with white and grey crayons, then filled in with various watercolors: Raw umber, Coastal Fog, Mint Julep, Midnight Blue, UB, Manganese Blue and Daniel Smith's Undersea Green. While still wet, I dropped more colors in, then splattered white gouache on all of it. It's just a fun one of three trees in snow with their frosted flakes. Merry Christmas! COPYRIGHT Kay Smith

Jolly Santa

8.5x5.5 watercolor on sketchbook 80 lb paper (Master's Touch) drawn and painted today. I used White Nights paints. Another fun Santa in a series. Merry Christmas! COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Red Amaryllis ~ Merry Christmas!

15x22 watercolor floral, drawn and painted from life a few Christmases ago. I left the background white in an attempt to make the red blooms more vibrant. Support used is 140 lb cold press paper with DaVinci/Daniel Smith paints. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith

Wild Fuchsia Christmas Ball

10.5 x 8 watercolor done a few years ago during a snowfall. For this image, I used a large hot pink fuchsia Christmas ornament. Light reflections are the shapes seen within. For shapes outside the sphere, I drew a nail polish bottle and let its top rounded edge be seen within the ball. Lastly I used a rubber stencil stamp to make the curlicue marks for patterns. Some of these lacy looking areas were imaginary on the polish bottle as seen on far lower right. Merry Christmas to all of you! COPYRIGHT Kay Smith

Scrooge

5.5x8.5 mixed media (ink, watercolor, colored pencil, gouache) on paper done in 2014 from A Christmas Carol featuring Ebenezer Scrooge. Written by Charles Dickens in 1843, the stingy old curmudgeon's name is synonymous with misers who detested the giving Christmas spirit. I don't think I've ever seen any Scrooge images painted so thought, why not? MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone! Copyright 2024 Kay Smith

Balls Berries Branches

8.5x5.5 watercolor using Rosa Gallery paints made in Ukraine plus ink using Micron 01 pen. This Christmas tree still life of balls, berries, and branches was done over the past weekend as part of another WetCanvas drawing event. It is painted in Master's Touch sketchbook 80 lb paper and was great fun. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2024

Proud Red Hollyhock

6x8 watercolor using White Nights paints on handmade paper 140 lb done yesterday. This was a demonstration for my Monday art class and took approximately 30-35 minutes. I've used one of my red hollyhock photos from studio garden. Here I used a direct painting method with various pinks, oranges, and reds. Finishing touch this morning was to add a thin glaze/wash of transparent pyrrol orange (Daniel Smith) over the bloom. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2024

Winter's First Day is Coming Soon!

8.75x9 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper, an imaginary scene of old ramshackle barn on the first day of winter solstice. Some snow is evident on the surrounding trees, roofline, and foreground. I used an old black and white barn photo kept for many years so all color is made up. Some Gansai Tambi graphite colors were used in background trees. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Icy Creek Banks

5.5x8.5 white wax crayon and watercolor in sketchbook done last week. This imaginary winter scene is rendered on 80 lb Master's Touch paper using Daniel Smith paints. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2024

Christine's Cat

8.5x5.5 watercolor over colored pencil sketch done last weekend in Masters Touch sketchbook; this cat belongs to artist Christine and her challenge to us was to do it upside down. A cute cat for sure up or down! COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2024

Santa Star

8.5x5.5 mixed media on sketchbook 80 lb paper done about a week ago. I used wax crayons to sketch Santa then filled in colors with watercolor in this imaginary Christmas holiday Santa portrait. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2024

Old Farm in Winter

8.5x5.5 watercolor on 80 lb Master's Touch sketchbook paper completed yesterday, an imaginary winter scene including an old faded red structure that could be a shed, house, or barn. Grown up in weeds, the bare branches of trees guard its place in nature on the old farm. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2024

Busy Santa

8.5x5.5 watercolor using Rosa Gallery paints made in Ukraine done last week, another in my imaginary Santa series that usually get revived every December. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2024

Snowy Sparrow

8.5x5.5 watercolor using Rosa Gallery paints made in Ukraine, on 80 lb sketchbook paper in Master's Touch. This imaginary bird scene was fun to do, especially the snow and fake winter. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2024

Gifts Wrapped

8.5x5.5 watercolor using White Nights paints done at end of November in sketchbook (Master's Touch) 80 lb paper. A simple Christmas holiday still life to enjoy. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2024

Santa's Delivery Truck

5.5x8.5 Micron 01 ink pen and White Nights paints done last day of November in sketchbook, a fun imaginary Santa scene. Here he is seen hauling the reindeer in the back of his truck rather than a sleigh. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2024

Tattered Books

6x6 acrylics on canvas board done last weekend for an online acrylics challenge on WetCanvas! Luckily I found a stack of old books that would work perfectly as a very interesting still life. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2024

November Sparrow

5.5x8.5 watercolors using Gansai Tambi graphite paints on 80 lb sketchbook paper done last week before Thanksgiving. No reference photo. Also I used white wax crayon and multicolored colored pencils in this nature with bird painting. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Snow Covered Road

5.5x8.5 watercolor on Canson 117 lb cold press paper using White Nights paints; this imaginary winter snow landscape was painted last week before Thanksgiving. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Three Forest Ponies

5.5x8.5 watercolor using White Nights paints on Canson 117 lb cold press paper done last week before Thanksgiving over pencil sketch (ref courtesy Rousay/WetCanvas). This was painted for another weekend drawing event challenge online. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2024

Oleander Bloom

8.5x5.5 watercolor using White Nights paints done last week before Thanksgiving as part of WetCanvas online challenge in Florals/Botanicals. This is painted on Master's Touch sketchbook 80 lb paper over pencil sketch. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Benny

5.5x8.5 watercolor on Canson 117 lb cold press paper using White Nights paints done last week. This rescued Boston terrier dog has a new home with my friend and former coworker nurse, Diane Duffield Earhart. (Photo courtesy DDE). I was amazed at the shadow contrasts of the dog's coat with sunlight as he rested on a chair or couch. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Snowfall in January

4.5x9 watercolor, Brusho, and gouache on 140 lb cold press paper while thinking about snow. It is based on my reference photo of a snow laden evergreen tree. Winter is just getting started. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith