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

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

Snowy Aspens

6x4 watercolor using White NIghts paints on 80 lb paper in Joggles sketchbook done last week from a photo I took in Ruidoso a few years ago. These aspens are close to the Texas Club restaurant and were covered in deep snow. I used this photo as a lesson on how to paint white subjects for our Monday class. COPYRIGHT 2025 Kay Smith

Country Church in Snow

5.5x8.5 watercolor using White Nights paints in Master's Touch 80 lb paper sketchbook; completed on Christmas Day 2024, an imaginary rural winter scene in snow. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2024

Allamanda Flower

8.5x5.5 watercolor using White Nights paints in Master's Touch sketchbook done before Christmas for online WetCanvas floral challenge. Ref courtesy Dewi in Thailand. This native flower has a waxy smooth petal look and was fun to paint. 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

Apple Assortment

5.5x8.5 watercolor using White Nights paints on speckled paper done last week while in New Mexico, a simple apple fruit still life of these delicious wonders. Ref courtesy online site Creative Spark. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Donkey Love

5.5x8.5 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper and White Nights paints done mid-month while in the mountains. With these two donkeys showing affection this image from WetCanvas was impossible to pass up. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Glad Hummer

8x8 watercolor on Masters Touch premium 140 lb cold press paper painted last month, another gladiolus or gladioli, but with a hummingbird. I've used White Nights paints working wet on dry. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Asparagus

9x7 watercolor and ink line using STA 0.2 pen in sketchbook 80 lb paper done last weekend. Ref of fresh asparagus courtesy Valri Ary, host for WetCanvas weekend drawing event. My vegetable sketch was completed in less than 2 hours. White Nights paints were used. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Mount Zion Church

7x9 watercolor using White Nights paints done last week in Masters Touch 80 lb paper in sketchbook. I'd seen this lovely building in an article about it. It was established in 1892 at Dix Gap, Cullowhee, now Western Carolina University. Ref courtesy Syla Herald. This is another in my old country churches series. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Blue African Violet

7x9 watercolor using White Nights paints done last week. This is on 80 lb Masters Touch paper, painting wet on dry with a fairly abstract background. Ref courtesy WetCanvas.com COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Strawberry and Cream Coneflowers

6x9 watercolor using White Nights paints on Canson 140 lb cold press paper begun earlier in the week and just finished. Inspired by a new spring nursery catalog I just had to sketch these coneflowers to get into a lighthearted mood for the upcoming season. Spring is next month! Only a #1 script liner rigger brush was used. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Patriot Porch

5.5x8.5 watercolor on Masters Touch paper done over this past weekend of a patriot inspired porch featuring the US flag Old Glory. White Nights paints were used. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

White Coffee Cup

3.75x5.25 watercolor on Italia Magnani 140 lb cold press paper just done using new White Nights paints. Today I was experimenting with values to see how well the pigments performed using mixed neutrals.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith