Old Rusted GMC Truck

11x15 watercolor based on an earlier version of an old Jimmy, also sold, with this one a bit more green. Foliage is layered and I used negative painting for the branches, twigs and stems flanking the old rusty truck. I love the twin bullet holes in its ancient windshield along with telephone poles reflection. This image is SOLD. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith

October Snowy Owl

8x5.5 watercolor on Strathmore Visual Journey for watercolor done Sunday this week while on a trip, a snowy owl against an abstract nature background. Painted wet on dry with Winsor Newton travel set this imaginary scene was showing the wise fellow with October's colors surrounding him. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Thunder Rolling In

6x6 watercolor using Daniel Smith paints in Master's Touch sketchbook, another in my imaginary skies series. With very little time to plan a new composition, I often will grab a sketchbook and lay in a tumultuous sky. Pray for rain! This sketchbook's paper is 80 lb. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

White Stallion Horse

8x6 watercolors done last week using Daniel Smith paints on handmade rough 140 lb cold press paper. With this white horse I've used imaginary colors to perk up the solid white hair and mane. I used White Nights paints to finish this proud stallion. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Locked and Loaded Cowboy

15x11 watercolor on Canson 140 lb CP done week before last, another in my western series. This is from a movie still of Clint Eastwood and was a pleasure to paint his rugged and tough face. A long time fan I might paint more of his action clips. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Lowering Rainclouds

6x6 watercolor on 80 lb Master's Touch sketchbook paper done this past Monday, another imaginary rainstorm landscape scene in a square format. These clouds are going lower and lower to pepper the dry arid land. Note the scattered cactus waiting their chance for a drink. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Watchful Quail

12x9 watercolor on Aquabee 140 lb cold press paper done last week, another quail painting in its arid environment. Reference courtesy Anita Jones Bozich. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Rancho de Taos Summer Sky

14.75x22.25 watercolor on Daler Rowney Prestige 140 lb cold press paper completed last week. I've painted from my photos from there before, changing color of the mission church from brown to white, for a different take. Since the building is plain except for the bell tower, I've added foliage on both left and right sides of the landscape. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

September Poppies

6x4 watercolor using Rosa Gallery (Ukraine) paints, an imaginary loose floral based on the inked poppies done the day before in mid-month. I've put this vignette on Joggles sketchbook paper 80 lb. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Emerging Poppies

9x6 ink using black Tombow brush pen on Master's Touch Bristol 103 lb, done second week of this month, a quick demo for class. Using no pencil, darkest darks were put in first followed by a rigger brush of water for mid-tones. Whites remain the white of the paper in this free forming floral of poppies. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Iced Latte Coffee

8.5x5.5 acrylics on paper featuring a favorite drink of an iced latte. I can taste the coffee flavored espresso just looking at it and of course wanted one while painting this yummy still life drink. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Kingfisher Perch

8.5x5.5 watercolor on mixed media paper done week before last for another online WetCanvas challenge. We have kingfishers in Texas although I've never seen one. They are an amazing species and do a lot for their small size. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

A Little Sparrow Told Me

8x10 watercolor collage done first of this month, another in my birds with words series. They literally fly off the wall. Book text accompanies the watercolor painted birds perfectly. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith

Giraffes Grazing

7x10 mixed watermedia collage on Canson mixed media paper. Drawn with an orange Magic colored pencil, then a fast underpainting with transparent pyrrol orange/quinacridone gold watercolors was done. When dry, I added brown and quin burnt orange patterns with some green, then the bg foliage. After that dried I used brown torn tissue paper that had small squares and a giftwrap paper featuring colored circles, adhered with matte medium. Lastly, I used a blue Magic pencil to make calligraphy marks in bg trees and bushes. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Sombrero

6x4 watercolor on Strathmore print making paper done first week of this month, another imaginary man in a sombrero hat. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Moonglow Owl

10x8 mixed media on Master's Touch Bristol 103 lb, using watercolor and ink. I've used Grabie technical pens 01, 03, 05 to sketch and Daniel Smith paints on this hoot owl. He is out at midnight looking and searching. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Pumpkins in the Grass

12x9 acrylics on Canson 117 lb cp paper done first week of this month in preparation of doing a paint party out of town. Last Saturday the 12 students did amazing work using these pumpkins. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Quiet Quail

9x7 watercolor done first week of this month, more quail art, using Daniel Smith paints on 80 lb sketchbook paper. Ref courtesy Angela Coppola (Free Reference Photos for Artists/Facebook). Thanks, Angela! COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Little Boy Behind Tree

6x4 ink sketch on paper done second day of this month. I've used Joggles sketchbook 80 lb along with Grabie 01, 03, 05 black permanent ink pens. Reference courtesy WetCanvas weekend drawing event. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Purple Desert Sky

6x6 quick watercolor desert landscape done last of August, an imaginary scene using leftover paint. I thought the sky should be purple to frame the various cactus. This is in my Master's Touch sketchbook, 80 lb paper. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026