Countryside Barn

11x6.5 watercolor on Saunders 140 lb cold press paper, done the second day of Tim Oliver's workshop held at the Midland Palette Club on March 23-25. (Ref courtesy of instructor). Using mostly Daniel Smith paints this was done wet on dry using lots of water with large mop brush. I enjoyed painting this old barn and farm setting located somewhere in west Texas. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Retired Wagon

11x15 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper, a composite painting using several photos as one. Here the old wagon is parked alongside a barn building, its body resting and rusting. This is one of the featured art pieces in the current Caboose WC show at Heritage museum through October 31st. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Frosted Farm

7x9 watercolor in Masters Touch sketchbook 80 lb paper done at month's beginning, a winter landscape using my farm reference. Here a heavy frost covers the distant farmhouse and barn with buildings while a deep ditch is in the foreground. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Farm Buildings

6x8 watercolor on Masters Touch 140 lb cold press paper painted over the weekend from one and several farms we passed through this summer in north Texas. The grey buildings complement the green and brown land areas well in this rural country scene. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Winter's First Day

8.75x9 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper done today, an imaginary scene of old ramshackle barn on the first day of winter solstice. Some snow is evident on the surrounding trees, roofline, and foreground. I used an old black and white barn photo kept for many years so all color is made up. Some Gansai Tambi graphite colors were used in background trees. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Barn Poppies

7.25x3.5 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper completed yesterday for last week's online challenge on WetCanvas; ref courtesy Clea. I have cropped the poppies into a vertical format in this country barn landscape to better focus on them. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Behind the Barn

5.5x8.5 watercolor using White Nights paints done last week using no reference, a glimpse into farm life behind the barn. Probably everyone's barn had a corner where fence meets the building. In this scene, I have weeds growing tall, while fields can be seen in the distance. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Abandoned Barn in Winter

9x12 watercolor and Brusho wc crystals on 140 lb Grumbacher cold press paper done yesterday, a country barn and shed covered in snow. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Old Farm Scene

11x17.5 watercolor on 140 lb Saunders cold press paper, an imaginary farm scene set in autumn before the first snow happens. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Barn Buildings

15x10 watercolor vignette on 140 lb Arches cold press paper of an imaginary farm scene complete with barn outbuildings, silo, trees, and debris scattered about.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Southwest Still Life

5.5x8.5 watercolor and ink line done last month for a western online challenge.  In this simple still life, a western hat sits atop a pile of hay in the old barn and a rope keeps them company.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith.

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

Little Red Hen demo

22x15 watercolor wet in wet demo for one of my classes. This painting is SOLD.

Aunt Bea's Barn

15x22 watercolor, copyright 2009 Kay Smith. For more information about this nostalgic old scene contact me 1971ks@att.net or visit my personal website www.kaysmithbrushworks.us

This old barn was a demo painting done as a composite of two decrepit structures. Wild sunflowers added on its right side from a photo at Aunt Bea's Antiques here in town, hence the title.

Thunderstorm

22x30 watercolor on Saunders 140 lb cold press, painted on 16 October at Frank Francese's workshop, Lubbock Texas. An imaginary scene, it was done using 2" brush, American Journey paints on dry paper, no pencil drawn shapes, layering color on top of color quickly in about 2 hours. The subject is actually the clouds not the buildings or cows.