Pueblos

7x9 watercolor in Master's Touch sketchbook 80 lb paper done last weekend while in New Mexico; I have been to the Taos pueblos that this is based upon. Fun to paint them again. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Spring Forth Daffodil

9x7 watercolors using White Nights paints done last week from a photo of daffodils I'd painted before. This is in Master's Touch sketchbook 80 lb paper. Ready for those bulbs to pop up from their sleep! COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Mexico Cactus Pot

9x7 watercolor using White Nights paints in sketchbook done last week, another imaginary still life in a landscape. This time I imagined being in Mexico with a potted cactus and flower at front and buildings on the side and background. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Hidden Owl

8.5x5.5 ink using Micron 01 pen in Master's Touch sketchbook done week before last. Yesterday I added White Nights watercolors to this Eurasian Eagle-owl to finish it. Ref originally had 3 owls but I cropped 2 out to focus on one. Ref courtesy WetCanvas artist connievanwinssen for weekend drawing event. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Pristine White Hibiscus

8x8" watercolor on Master's Touch watercolor 140 lb cold press paper using White Nights paints done first of the month. Ref courtesy Dewi/WetCanvas florals/botanical forum for this month's challenge. Love painting white subjects and this hibiscus was perfect with its dark red center. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Rugged Terrain

7x9 watercolor using White Nights paints in Master's Touch sketchbook, 80 lb paper, done last Tuesday. An imaginary rugged scene was fun to do a composition. Since I was already in the mountains, several views lent themselves to any number of arrangements. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Petal Pushers

15x22 watercolor on Saunders 140 lb cold press from my photo of faux tulip blooms in a vase in my living room; this painting is featured in an online demonstration on this blog dated February 23, 2011. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2011

Antique Glass

10x8 acrylics on canvas done last Monday from one of my antique store photos taken in 2011 but never painted. A collection of colored glass was too tempting to pass up or pass by and was waiting to be rendered. I admired the red tall candy compote and the supporting green and blue green glass ones, too. The amber shaded pouring decanter lower left was fun as I have one identical. This painting was part of an online acrylics challenge this month on WetCanvas. It will be interesting to see what the other artists do with the photograph reference. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Fresh February Poppies

9x7 watercolor with White Nights paints done yesterday of three poppies and some buds waiting to sprout, an imaginary poppy field done this past weekend. I used an older drawing and revamped it, even changing the petal colors. COPYRIGHT 2025 Kay Smith

Bunny Brilliance

9x7 mixed media using multilead colored Magic pencils by Koh-i-Noor plus watercolor with White Nights paints done over this past weekend, another imaginary rabbit or bunny. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Resting Longhorn

6x6 watercolor using Brusho dye crystals on 80 lb sketchbook paper done last week, a simple monochromatic longhorn just resting in his pasture. I used burnt sienna Brusho sprinkled into wet areas. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Arizona Rock Cliffs

5.5x8.5 watercolor with White Nights paints done recently, an imaginary desert scene looking like Arizona, in sketchbook 80 lb paper. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Birthday Tulip

7x5 watercolor using White Nights paints on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done week before last, a birthday gift to my cousin Sue Ann. Happy birthday! COPYRIGHT 2025 Kay Smith

HenReeEtta

8x5.5 acrylics in junk journal, a book published in 1946, done last weekend. I sketched the hen over a page that I'd put red acrylic on to use up leftover paint. The ref was part of another weekend drawing event on WetCanvas. Lots of fun to crop the photo and add local colors. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Tequila and Talavera

8x8 watercolor on 140 lb cp paper by Master's Touch completed today using White Nights paints. This is a half mannequin woman with cute hat that with the Talavera and margarita glass were part of a display in an antique store in Ruidoso, NM. COPYRIGHT 2025 Kay Smith

Valentine Cupcake with Cherry

8.5x5.5 watercolor on 80 lb sketchbook paper in Master's Touch book done last week. A real red cherry on top makes this a happy Valentine's! COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

February Fun Tulips

6x4 watercolor on 80 lb sketchbook (Joggles) paper completed yesterday, a comparison of paint brands. Center tulip was done using Daler Rowney student grade and other two with White Nights and Daniel Smith brands with this imaginary trio. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Desert Vistas

5.5x8.5 acrylics in Master's Touch 80 lb sketchbook paper done last week, an imaginary desert landscape such as Arizona. Fun to dream what rock cliffs and desert flora might be surviving there. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Alpaca Party Animal

8x8 watercolor using White Nights paints on 140 lb cold press paper done last week from my file of cute animals to paint. This young alpaca is ready to have a party. Love to paint white animals since so many colors can be added. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Saguaro Peckers

8x6 watercolor with White Nights paints on rough handmade cold press 140 lb paper done last week from an image used for WetCanvas.com. In this reference, woodpeckers have made themselves some tall birdhouses in these legendary desert saguaros. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Blake

9x7 ink using Micron 03 pen in Master's Touch sketchbook done end of January while waiting in a clinic. I added White Nights watercolors to this when ink was finished. This is a portrait of Blake Lively from the cover of People magazine. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

January Girl

9x7 watercolor using White Nights paints done last of January using same selfie taken before but a different approach. This is in 80 lb paper in Master's Touch sketchbook. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Sunflower Bouquet

4x6 watercolor (Rosa paints) with black India ink applied with a chopstick to dry paper done last week of January, a quick floral study using fresh flowers in Joggles sketchbook (80 lb. paper). COPYRIGHT 2025 Kay Smith

Lesser Goldfinch

5.5x8.5 watercolor using White Nights paints in sketchbook (Master's Touch) 80 lb paper, done in later January. This small bird is such a delight to see and to paint. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Birthday Girl

9x6 mixed media on marker paper 46 lb. done last month, another experiment with self portraits using CaliArt markers, Tombow brush pens, and watercolor. In my photo ref taken in Ruidoso I was sitting in a salon waiting my turn. The morning sun was coming through the window giving nice shadows across the features. I'll flip the image and paint it again using only watercolors. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Rock Edges

5.5x8.5 mixed media in Master's Touch sketchbook 80 lb done last month. Using wax crayons in white and off white I put in many of the imaginary rocks in this small stream scene. Next, watercolor was added and more rocks and vegetation put in, doing layers until the right value was reached. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Venus Flytrap

5.5x8.5 watercolor using Rosa paints done last month over ink sketch using Micron 01 pen in Master's Touch sketchbook, 80 lb paper. As part of an online challenge this work was completed for a plant parade challenge on WetCanvas.com. I had no idea people grow these carnivorous fly trap plants and there are some amazing varieties. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Farm Shed in Winter

8x8 watercolor on Grumbacher 140 lb cold press paper done last weekend using White Nights paints, another imaginary farm in winter landscape scene. Mostly I used raw sienna, burnt sienna, UB for a limited palette. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025