Donkey in the Desert

12x9 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper done about third week in December. I had painted the donkey then wanted an interesting background so added saguaro cactus and old faded barnwood boards. Daniel Smith paints were used. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Adobe Gate

6.5x4.5 mixed media on brown sketchbook paper done mid-January 2022. I used watercolor, white gel pen, Brusho, and sketched with STA Lictin 0.1 pen. In this imaginary southwestern art scene I've tried to impart a sense of the dry desert. COPYRIGHT 2022 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

Cactus Statue

3x2 miniature in ink and Tombow black brush pen created last month during my cactus series using stamps and abstract designs. This is on Canson 140 lb cold press paper. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Las Cruces Yuccas

7x9.5 watercolor on Ecosystem sketchbook paper completed today.  Photo courtesy Jo Castillo/WetCanvas for Southwest forum's February challenge, minus the telephone pole. The tall yucca plants with their spiky leaves reach upward in the hot landscape.
COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Cactus Jack

12x9 watercolor on Strathmore 140 lb CP paper, Daniel Smith paints.  I started with a limited palette of quinacridone gold, permanent rose, and manganese and cobalt blues, doing an underpainting first.  This is from my photo taken on the Tucson VA hospital grounds where was lucky enough to see a still jackrabbit posing for my camera.  The saguaro stands tall, the guardian of the desert, over all living creatures.