Old Truck and Barn ~ Merry Christmas

9x6 watercolor on Grumbacher 140 lb cold press paper done using old truck photos with barns; the decorated one with a Christmas wreath is an altered version of the first. Snow was added also using white gouache. COPYRIGHT 2025 Kay Smith

In the Distance

5x9 watercolor using White Nights paints on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done weekend before last while on a short trip to the mountains. Practicing imaginary landscape scenes such as this small one is done with no pencil drawing beforehand, just brush only. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Milk Cow Blues

11x15 watercolor that is a past work of a Jersey cow saying hello and rubbing her head on old fence post.  I am trying to paint more landscapes and this farm image just happened to feature a milk cow.  Others are grazing on a sunny day in the distance.  Learning how to milk one of these lovely ladies was a real chore growing up.
COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2019.

Farm Chickens

6x9 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done today, an imaginary farm scene with chickens and a rooster pecking about.  The fowl were sketched from memory and I made an abstract background/backdrop for them in this colorful country barnyard painting.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Milk Cow Blues

11x15 watercolor that is today's work of a Jersey cow saying hello to a new year and rubbing her head on old fence post.  A resolution this year is to paint more landscapes and this farm image just happened to feature a milk cow.  Others are grazing on a sunny day in the distance.  Learning how to milk one of these lovely ladies was a real chore growing up.
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith.

Timeworn Truck

10x15 watercolor, 10 minutes to draw (no pencil) in black India ink then 1 hour approximately to paint an old truck and shack scene in graphic style (bold line, atmospheric, comic book, flat, etc.).  Dark clouds moving in on the scene were laid in first with raw umber violet, raw umber, prussian blue and sap green over lighter underpainting of cobalt ultramarine green.  I kept adding paint to wet washes and hoped for no mud as this was thin Canson paper 140 lb.  Ref featured on this weekend's drawing event on WetCanvas, courtesy Li Newton.