Meadow Hummer

8x6 watercolor and ink marker on 140 lb cold press handmade rough paper done today. I used Rosa Gallery paints from Ukraine and a Sharpie marker along with STA Lictin black brush pen. This is my tenth neurographic piece. I first did a graphite sketch of the hummingbird then painted her in realistic manner. I then penciled in a vertical box for the bird. When dry, diagonal lines were put in along with loops and curves with Sharpie Ultra Fine pen; lines were rounded with brush pen. Then the outer one inch on left side and more along bottom L shape became my background. Spatter or splatter was done while wet, then more quin pink when dry. White space in the bird box was left white while oblong space encasing her were colored in with the pink pigment. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Green Grapes on Red Plate

7x9 watercolor using White Nights paints on 80 lb sketchbook paper done last weekend. Ref courtesy Rousay/UK. I enjoyed her simple still life of Thompson seedless grapes on the red orange plate. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Broken Fence

7x9 watercolor using White Nights paints on 80 lb sketchbook paper done last week as part of another online challenge on WetCanvas! in the Watercolor forum. Ref courtesy CMorPaint and is a scene in Canada. I took the liberty of altering the fence rails as they were straight in the photo. Most artists know to provide a way into a composition rather than block viewers out with a full fence. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Birdwatch

7x9 watercolor and ink using White Nights paints and Micron 01 pen on 80 lb sketchbook paper done last week. Another imaginary pair of birds with not too much realism but just enough to say Spring is here. At least the cedar waxwing and common sparrow think so. COPYRIGHT 2025 Kay Smith

Green Bee

8x8 watercolor using White Nights paints of a green bee after pollen, painted last week on Grumbacher 140 lb cold press paper. COPYRIGHT 2025 Kay Smith

American Goldfinch Garden

8x8 watercolor on Grumbacher 140 lb cold press paper done last week, another neurographic art, my 5th effort. I've used White Nights paints and a mixed black for the dark lines instead of the marker ink normally used. With this piece, a realistic shape of the goldfinch was added to create interest and variety. COPYRIGHT 2025 Kay Smith

Necklaces

7x9 mixed media using markers and watercolor in sketchbook, Master's Touch 80 lb paper, done last week. This is the fourth neurographic art exercise I have done so far. Lines, circles, and twists reminded me of my necklace box, hence the title. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Bikini Lines

8x5 markers on mixed media paper, my third neurographic work, done a week ago. A really relaxing self-help type exercise, this one reminded me of bikini swimsuits. COPYRIGHT 2025 Kay Smith

Ladybug Life

8x5.5 markers and ink brush pen done last week in my second junk journal, a neurographic art which is my second attempt at this relaxing and fun process. I used CaliArt markers over the novel's pages. The shapes reminded me of ladybugs, hence the title. COPYRIGHT 2025 Kay Smith

Good Morning, Glories

6x8 watercolor using White Nights paints on handmade rough 140 lb cold press paper, done last weekend for another WetCanvas drawing event. In this event, participants have 2 hours to draw and paint their choice from listed references. Morning glories are always so refreshing to see and paint. COPYRIGHT 2025 Kay Smith

Rowdy Raven

7x9 mixed media using ink in Elegant Writer pen plus watercolor White Nights paints. This rowdy raven is done in my Master's Touch sketchbook, 80 lb paper, done last week for an online weekend challenge with WetCanvas. COPYRIGHT 2025 Kay Smith

Black Cat at Midnight

9x7 watercolor using White Nights paints on sketchbook paper 80 lb in Master's Touch book, painted last week. The solid black cat's green eyes are all that can be seen except for highlighted hair in his fur. A real challenge, I may attempt him again but on black paper. COPYRIGHT 2025 Kay Smith

Buttons and Bows

7x9 ink in Master's Touch sketchbook, 80 lb paper, my first attempt at making neurographic art, done last week. I used STA Lictin 0.8 pen and STA brush pen to make line mark design. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Red Gala Apple

8x8 acrylics on wrapped canvas, the second apple painting done last week or so ago for our local art association's March challenge. This one was painted from life and will be displayed at the Chamber of Commerce for a month. COPYRIGHT 2025 Kay Smith

Green Granny Smith

8x8 acrylics on canvas done a week or so ago for our art association theme of apples that was due yesterday. Using a real fresh Granny Smith apple this fruit was easy to sketch and paint quickly. This green is also in honor of St. Patrick's Day. COPYRIGHT 2025 Kay Smith

Desert Horned Toad

7x9 watercolor done last week from my selection of photos for the Animal and Wildlife monthly challenge on WetCanvas. These horned toads live in one of my studio flowerbeds and I do not eradicate the red ant population there as the spiky lizards live on them as a source of food. This is on Master's Touch sketchbook paper, 80 lb., with White Nights paints. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Longhorn Skull

22x15 watercolor on Arches 140 lb cold press paper completed last week. This was a remake, redo, recycle of a woman with abstract background in a horizontal format. Flipping the image vertically, I sketched a longhorn skull outline over the existing painting, then added colors and the large bilateral shadows. Lastly, I put in horizontal lines as if the skull were resting on a blanket for added detail design. (Image taken with iPhone) COPYRIGHT Kay Smith

At the Edge

6x4 watercolor done last week, a very loose vertical landscape with foliage at the edge of what might be a drop off or cliff. An imaginary scene, this is painted on Joggles sketchbook 80 lb paper. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

March Rooster

6x6 watercolor painted today in new Master's Touch sketchbook, 80 lb paper, a quickie farm animal or bird painting. I used minimal pencil lines for this proud fowl fellow and mostly a #1 rigger/script liner brush, wet on dry. COPYRIGHT 2025 Kay Smith

Open Field

7x9 watercolor using White Nights paints done last week for another Landscape forum challenge on WetCanvas; ref courtesy Matilda. With this one I liked the openness of the field, the bright color mid-ground and the shadow covering it from the foreground upwards. This is on 80 lb paper in Master's Touch sketchbook. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Smelling Tulips

6x6 watercolor on sketchbook (Master's Touch) 80 lb paper done last week from one of the many cat photos collected over the years. This cat is happy to be smelling freshly bloomed tulips. Spring is next week! COPYRIGHT 2025 Kay Smith

Aspen Winter

9x7 watercolor winter imaginary scene begun yesterday using Gansai Tambi graphite paints (Kuretake). This is in Master's Touch 80 lb paper sketchbook that is fun to paint on. Not used the graphite colors in awhile and interesting to see the pale green which they call yellow applied to the background. Negative painting of trees is in far background and I could keep going with them. Aspens are tall and stately holding their trunks and limbs high in this snowy landscape. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Moonglow Crow

9x7 watercolor using Daniel Smith's Moonglow pigment for background, bird, and trees. Mixed with sepia and indigo by White Nights, this combo made a moody painting. It is done on Master's Touch sketchbook 80 lb paper and was rendered last week. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

American Saddlebred

10.5x9 watercolor on Saunders 140 lb cold press paper, American Journey paints. Size was 10.5x15, about 1/4 sheet, and I decided to crop off the right side as I'd blurred the rider and it didn't add anything to the composition...30 minutes to draw, 1.5 hours to paint. I used a black & white copy of the photo so color isn't too accurate but think it reads a sorrel anyway. This work is SOLD and was created in 2011. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith

Menacing Maine Coon

6x9 ink on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done last week of another artist's Maine Coon cat. First I sketched him with an Elegant Writer calligraphy pen, then added water at random. This gives the sketch a loose look. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Humming Softly

8x5.5 acrylics in old junk journal done last week, painted over an older abstract I had stamped and made marks upon. This hummingbird was a simple shape outline. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Resting in Peace

11x15 watercolor on Kilimanjaro 140 lb cold press paper done last week, a double cat pet portrait commission that I believe turned out very well. Both of these male cats have gone to the rainbow bridge and their owner was happy with the painting. COPYRIGHT 2025 Kay Smith

Quickie Peace Rose

8x10 quick watercolor study on 140 lb cold press Saunders Waterford paper, of one of my last peace roses. The entire rosebush has died and was almost 10 years old with massive fragrant blooms. I was able to do some negative painting of leaves, stems, and buds with this one. This floral watercolor is SOLD! COPYRIGHT Kay Smith

Bunch of Beauty

9.5x7 watercolor on cold press paper, free form grapes using only a black and white reference, over a multicolored underpainting of soft greens, pink, yellows, blues. This work has been SOLD. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith

Almost Bloomsday Again!

15x22 watercolor on Italia Acquerello 140 cold press paper of my old antique watering can surrounded by happy faces of the sherbet-hued pansies. Just waiting to be planted and watered before spring starts two weeks from this Thursday, March 6th. This garden scene was painted from life. COPYRIGHT 2025 Kay Smith

Crouched Calico

9x7 watercolor on 80 lb sketchbook paper done last weekend for another online WetCanvas drawing event. I used White Nights paints and did this calico cat belonging to the host artist in under 2 hours. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025