Charming Cactus

8x5.25 watercolor desert landscape on Moleskine paper done the first day of August using White Nights paints, painting wet on dry, with this realistic grouping of prickly pear cactus pods. The blooms are always interesting to see and to paint. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2024

Barrel Cactus Fun

6x6 mixed media started over a week ago using graphite watercolors (Kuretake's Gansai Tambi) and black india ink. In this imaginary cactus I've made the spikes seem surreal. This is on Masters Touch 80 lb sketchbook paper. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Red Orange Cactus Flowers

5x7 watercolor using White Nights paints on Fabriano 140 lb cold press paper painted a few weeks ago from some blooming cactus. The blossoms of red orange are a nice complementary color for all the green pods. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Tall Mini Cactus

5x3 watercolor over pencil sketch done yesterday on 140 lb Grumbacher cold press paper using Daniel Smith paints. In this miniature cactus or succulent still life in a clay pot I have added white gel pen for its tiny prickly thorns. The paper had paint marks on it from other projects. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith