Winter Wood

10.75x4.26 watercolor on Saunders 300 lb cold press paper, an imaginary landscape with trees scene painted using a palette knife.  The far background is a combination of browns and mixed greens and snow is the white of the paper.
COPYRIGHT 2018 Kay Smith

I Can't See the Forest for the Trees

11x15 watercolor of an imaginary snow scene surrounded by an evergreen forest done yesterday.  A frozen stream runs in the foreground while leafless trees stand behind, ready for their winter rest.  This is painted on Canson XL 140 lb cold press paper.
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Frosty Morning Cabin

12x9 watercolor that is today's work.  All the trees and end of log cabin are imaginary and were drawn yesterday then I put in pale washes diagonally across the sky using Prussian blue.  Background trees had to be softer and out of focus. Aspens and other foreground trees painted last as was the frozen water in immediate foreground.  By trial and error I did stumble upon a neat trick to painting masses of leaves that works better than anything.  Just lay your rigger (script liner) brush fully loaded across damp or dry paper and twist it; don't use its pointed tip.  It will be horizontal, almost flat.  I have been doing more lodge and mountain themed works so stay tuned for wildlife coming soon.  This is painted on Canson 140 lb cold press paper.
Image COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Stag in Snow

12x9 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper.  I've made the trees and snow background up but saw plenty of male deer or stags since going to the mountains last week, plus lots of elk.  I will attempt to paint more elk.  A very large herd can be seen off Hull road in Ruidoso, NM.  This buck had quite a large rack.
Image COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith

Winter Wood

10.75 x 4.25 watercolor using palette knife on Saunders 300 lb cold press paper, done today of this quiet aspen wood in snow. Background trees were painted with a brush; this is another in my forest series of birches and aspens.