Three Trees Road

8.5x5.5 watercolor on sketchbook paper 80 lb done last part of May, an imaginary quiet landscape with poplar trees. One can wonder where the road leads and why only three trees are there in this country scene. A darkening sky sets the mood for a storm or bad weather brewing. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Road #inktober2024 ~ day 27

6x4 ink sketch with R2 rollerball pen and watercolors of a country road after a rain. A mailbox is on one side while a figure is seen in the distance. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Road to Home

2x4.25 watercolor miniature done week before last, an imaginary road leading to home wherever that may be for you or for me. This is on 140 lb cold press paper/Daniel Smith paints. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Snowy Rural Route

7x9 watercolor using White Nights paints done last weekend on Masters Touch 80 lb paper. In this rural winter landscape I've focused on the house and its trees along the road covered in snow. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Road to the Mountains

7x9 watercolor done a few days ago in Masters Touch sketchbook, another imaginary landscape with mountains in the distance and lots of terrain to explore. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Country Road

6x8 watercolor on Hahnemuhle 95 lb toned grey in wc sketchbook done a few days ago for another online WetCanvas challenge. This was painted in just under an hour. I liked the house waiting in the distance plus the poles and vegetation in the country scene. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Snowy Road to the Ranch

4x6 watercolor on Fabriano 140 lb rough cold press paper just completed, another imaginary winter snow landscape scene. Here I have imagined the gate posts are open to let us enter the road to the ranch. COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith Actual size:

Winding Road

9x6.5 pastel using Conte brand on paper of a winding country road flanked by trees.  A small wooden frame building sits mid upper right.  Autumn leaves line both sides of the roadway in this the last day of November.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith.

Rainy Road and Barn

11x15 watercolor on Masters 140 lb cold press paper painted a couple days ago, an imaginary country road and barn wet from rain.  Wishful thinking so maybe rain will come soon.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Storm Warning

14x10 watercolor on Stonehenge 140 lb hot press paper done over the past weekend, a scene down the road with heavy clouds gathering above while utility poles guard the area.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Country Church with Bluebonnets

11x44 acrylics on wood panel featuring a country church surrounded by bluebonnets along the roadside.  This was a commission so it is SOLD.  The panel came out of a real country church where the customer's grandparents were married.
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith

Vintage Vealmoor TX Mailbox

15x11 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper finished today.  From my photo taken where Vealmoor, Texas highway intersects with caliche road to my mother's, this rusty rural route holder of mail now houses only birdnests.  Three or more other mailboxes in better condition are to its right.  Precariously bolted to wood on top of metal piping, this vintage victim of time and weather is full of interesting texture.  As this weekend's drawing event host on WetCanvas, I posted the photograph along with 15 others, and so far I'm the only one who painted it.  Across the highway looking east is pasture for cattle grazing and cotton farming.  To the south the highway connects to US 87 to Big Spring, the crossroads of west Texas.
Image COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

November

11x15 watercolor of a cold November day in the country landscape.  Since the month is almost over it was time to post this scene preparing for colder days ahead.