Clouds over Sheep Farm

5.5x7.5 watercolor using White Nights paints done last day of June, an imaginary farm landscape. This was painted on Fabriano 140 lb cold press paper in a handmade wc book I bought from Etsy. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Barn Memories sketch

8.5x11 pencil sketch on paper in Crescent sketchbook done first week of April. Just trying to capture memories of the old barn that has been torn down now. Country barns are becoming scarce. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Farmland Shadows

9x7 watercolor on sketchbook paper done a few days ago, an abstract take on an unusual landscape subject and its shadows. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Open Field

7x9 watercolor using White Nights paints done last week for another Landscape forum challenge on WetCanvas; ref courtesy Matilda. With this one I liked the openness of the field, the bright color mid-ground and the shadow covering it from the foreground upwards. This is on 80 lb paper in Master's Touch sketchbook. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Farm Buildings

6x8 watercolor on Masters Touch 140 lb cold press paper painted over the weekend from one and several farms we passed through this summer in north Texas. The grey buildings complement the green and brown land areas well in this rural country scene. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Daisy Road to the Barn

6x6 watercolor using White Nights paints done over the last weekend. I used two photo refs (courtesy Jo Castillo) and combined them to make one rural country scene. This was done in Masters Touch sketchbook 80 lb. paper. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Behind the Barn

5.5x8.5 watercolor using White Nights paints done last week using no reference, a glimpse into farm life behind the barn. Probably everyone's barn had a corner where fence meets the building. In this scene, I have weeds growing tall, while fields can be seen in the distance. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Barnwood

9x12 watercolor on Fluid 140 lb cold press paper done over the weekend of an old decaying and dilapidated barn that was once some farm's pride and joy.  Barns as a subject are the icons of farm life and can tell so many stories if only they could talk. 
COPYRIGHT 2018 Kay Smith

Pumpkin Wagon

12x9 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper begun over the weekend and finished today.  After seeing so many of these fall displays while traveling it was fun to paint a collection of gourds and pumpkins ready for autumn's cooler temps and sunny days.
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith.

Red Barns Scene - ACEO

2.5x3.5 watercolor done a few days ago on cold press paper of a farm with red barn and buildings from one of my old photos.  Wish our grass was this green! This miniature art can also be an artist trading card or ACEO (art cards editions & originals).
Image is COPYRIGHT 2014 Kay Smith.

Chicken a la King

22x15 watercolor of chickens on the farm pecking around the hay bales below the quintessential red barn.  Just as the rooster crowed to welcome a new sunny day, we welcome a brand new year.  Happy New Year to all my followers, friends, and fellow artists!