Jar Blooms

9x5.25 watercolor and ink using Micron 01 pen and White Nights pigments on Canson 117 lb cold press paper done middle of May while on a trip. This simple floral still life needed only a few strokes of the brush to come alive. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Flowers in Old Jar

Flowers in Old Jar 9x6 watercolor on 70 lb sketchbook page drawn in pencil last week then painted with White Nights pigments. Love old canning jars and anything put in them looks great. Many varieties of annuals make up the mixed bouquet in this simple country floral still life. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Jar of Daisies

8x8 watercolor using White Nights paints and Daniel Smith on Masters Premium 140 lb paper completed today. These daisies are still blooming at our New Mexico place and were the inspiration for putting cuttings in a jar. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Greenery

8x5 mixed media on Grumbacher 140 lb cold press paper done yesterday, another green plant still life using acrylics, watercolor, ink, and Brusho wc crystals. Rubber stamps were used to create the jar, stems, and leaves against an abstract background. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Daisy Jar

8.25x5.25 mixed media in junk journal done yesterday using combed acrylic paint over the old 1950s book page, then yellow watercolor. When dry, I stamped a jar using black India ink, then sketched daisies with STA Lictin 0.3 pen. Lastly, white and yellow gold acrylics were added with a brush for petals in this imaginary floral still life. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Brusho Bouquet in Jar

9x6.5 Brusho watercolor crystals and watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done this afternoon using no pencil sketch or reference, only a few colors and a large round brush.  Flowers in a jar are always carefree and country and these are an explosion of light.
COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Poppies in Jar

4x2.5 watercolor and ink on 140 lb cold press paper of various red and yellow orange poppies in canning jars, a popular version of an earlier artist trading card that sold quickly.  This work is SOLD.
Image COPYRIGHT 2014 Kay Smith.