Quiet Donkey

8x5 mixed media done today on paper in old sketchbook. Using my photo ref from a donkey we photographed in Central America, I sketched him using Winsor Newton 0.1 fine liner pen. Marks of yellow, green, and various Brusho colors were already on the paper. Watercolor and grey Brusho used on him and the bougainvillea flowers. Montana acrylic markers had been on the paper originally. Splatters using Halloween Orange were added last. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Blue Door Shutters and Bougainvillea

12x16 watercolor on Italia 140 lb cold press, over pencil sketch done today of this white stucco building with its vivid blue door and shutters. The potted pink bougainvillea in its copper pot sets it off perfectly. This was done for an online May challenge; ref courtesy pixabay, photographer not known. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Purple Bench

22x15 watercolor on Yupo synthetic paper done awhile ago that is the front of my studio.  The purple bench is in front and did have yellow window boxes behind.  Those boxes are gone now.  This sunny morning scene with geraniums, petunias, and bougainvilleas was an inviting sight.  The studio is still pale yellow but window trim is now hot pink and shutters are spring green. The bench was repainted a soft lavender purple; all that is missing is Jezebel the cat.
Image COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.