Wyoming Barn

7x9.5 watercolor over graphite sketch done yesterday in my Ecosystem sketchbook (photo courtesy Jo Castillo) for the Southwest/Western monthly challenge on WetCanvas.  Local color was imagined and not factual in this abandoned barn scene.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Wyoming Territory

9x12 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done over the weekend which was part of a WetCanvas challenge.  I challenged myself to paint a large sky using no references and a limited palette as seen here.  Paints:  Cadmium red and manganese blue on the sky.  Foreground is quinacridone gold, green gold, UB, quin burnt orange.
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith.