Down Mexico Way

10x8 acrylics on canvas using two palette knives done last week. In the Acrylics forum on WetCanvas a monthly challenge was to choose your own building(s) ref and do it with a limited palette of three colors, plus small amounts of white and black if needed. I choose blue, red, yellow ochre. Sides are painted also so no framing necessary. Reference is a southwestern adobe style home. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Distant Town

6.5x4.5 watercolor on 140 lb cold press Grumbacher paper done last week, another imaginary town in the distance. So many different buildings in so many different sizes for all the people. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Downtown Frisco

10.25x9 charcoal using both hard and soft on sketchbook paper done the last weekend before December; ref courtesy another artist Gary Allen. I liked the tall telephone poles and lines towering above the cityscape buildings, cars, etc. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Border Town

14x10 watercolor on Stonehenge 140 lb hot press paper, an imaginary scene done Sunday while in the southwest on a brief trip. The hot sun is a major player in these border towns along with the dust and a lot of people out shopping.
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Belize Umbrellas

15x11 watercolor on 140 lb cold press Saunders paper, with Daniel Smith paints.  Using a marketplace photo from our trip to Belize several years ago, I painted this townscape rapidly using only bright colors at the center of interest.  The background was a wash of manganese blue except for the white of the paper showing.  I like the open market vendors selling their wares.
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French Buildings

9.5x7.25 mixed media on Canson Mi-Teintes tan toned pastel paper (woodless charcoal pencil to sketch, Liquitex acrylic gouache, gouache, Micron 05 pen) done today.  This is a detail from a group of buildings; image courtesy Kat on WetCanvas.
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Stormy Texas Skies

3.5x2.5 watercolor miniature of west Texas thunderstorm clouds building up, painted from my iPhone photo of the view outside my VA office window.  The building to the left is the engineering boiler plant and to the right are the east wings of the old hospital.  Actual size of this art card cityscape is seen below.

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Krakow Evening

8.5x5 watercolor on Fluid 140 lb cold press paper begun yesterday then finished today as part of another weekend drawing event on WetCanvas.  For the 2 hour time limit, I managed to get it done in about 45 minutes.  With the silhouetted buildings the sky was an opportunity to create some dark, dancing clouds in the fading evening light.
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Spain Shoppers

8.5x7.5 watercolor on Kilimanjaro 140 lb cold press paper done today as part of the weekend drawing event on WetCanvas! in which participants have 2 hours to do a drawing or painting using featured references.  The ten photos we had were provided by host Susan.  I loved the high color contrasts of blue against orange in this cityscape.
Image COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2017.

Cozy Cafe

12x18 watercolor completed today of a cozy cafe where I sat with my sister-in-law.  I fell in love with its red striped awnings, geranium window box and the green shutters.  This is painted on Strathmore 140 lb cold press paper with Daniel Smith pigments.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2013 Kay Smith.