April Butterfly and Coneflowers

9x7 watercolor on sketchbook paper 80 lb done second week of the month using White Nights paints. I've used multiple refs for this quick floral spring work. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Butterfly on Pink Zinnia

12x9 alcohol markers on Masters premium paper for markers done the day before the new year's eve. This was from a photo taken outside the studio classroom when I grew a bed of multicolored zinnias. A watercolor version of it was done previously in a half sheet 22x15 size. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Garden Tools and Flowers

12x12 watercolor on 140 lb cold press Masters paper completed today of a garden still life complete with a butterfly.  The old yellow chair holds a watercan of tools while the blue metal can holds freshly cut annuals and flowering tree blooms.
COPYRIGHT Kay Smith

Luna Moth

7x3.75 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper done a few days ago for a Facebook challenge giving a prompt to paint (All Animals Watercolor).  These yellow green neon winged creatures do not eat and are sometimes called lunar moths.  Shown actual size.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Butterfly and Coneflowers

8x5.5 watercolor and ink line in Strathmore Visual Journal, a spring scene that has now been SOLD.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Pink Coneflower w/ Black & Red Butterfly

7.5x5 watercolor and ink line with Micron 01 pen done one weekend while in the cool mountains from my coneflower photos.  Support used:  Moleskine sketchbook for watercolor with Daniel Smith paints.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith.

Butterfly Spring

8x5 watercolor and ink line on paper done a few days ago of a common scene in Spring, butterflies happily going about to various flowers or plants.  This one is featured on a WetCanvas monthly challenge.
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith.

Zinnia and Butterfly

22x15 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper from one of my older photos of studio zinnias that I was lucky enough to have camera ready when the butterfly stopped by for a visit.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Butterfly Bride

22x30 acrylic on paper, with first an abstract underpainting then butterfly shape drawn in. Black background with fluorescent acrylic patterning complete the image.
ALL IMAGES COPYRIGHT 2010 Kay Smith.