Rugged Old Wooden Barn

8x6 watercolor on handmade rough 140 lb cold press paper done first week of April. I used a sepia 0.3 fine liner pen (Winsor Newton) to sketch the old barn. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Summer Barn

9x6 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done the last day of December on new year's eve. I've used White Nights paints in this summery barn scene, a salute to the year 2025. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Long Red Barn and Cows

6x6 watercolor using White Nights paints in Masters Touch sketchbook 80 lb paper done last week. You can see two Holstein cows out in the grass in this farm landscape scene. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Red Barn Chickens

22x15 watercolor of chickens on the farm pecking around the hay bales below the quintessential red barn.  Just as the rooster crowed to welcome new hot sunny days we are glad to see warmer temperatures in Texas.
COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Small Farm in Winter

6x9 watercolor on Canson 140 lb. cold press paper done this past weekend for an online WetCanvas event in which we had 2 hours to paint; I did this one in 1.5 hours.
COPYRIGHT 2018 Kay Smith

Stan's Horses on Cracker Barrel Map

This watercolor work is about 9x11 and is a section I cut out of a large Cracker Barrel map of the USA.  I love to eat there and these maps are free that show all their restaurant locations.
Years ago I'd painted this pair of horses in a smaller format and given to my brother Stan.  Unsure if the medium would color the paper enough I did have to use 2-3 washes in this vignette and of course draw the animals larger.  They were eating hay when I took their photograph and the white horse is eating quickly while the bay is watching something at a distance.  Paints used:  Daniel Smith quinacridone burnt orange and gold, UB, manganese, arylide, raw sienna, undersea green, carbazole violet, cobalt teal blue.

Pasture-ized Milk Cows

15x5.5 watercolor of a tranquil countryside of rolling hills and milk cows enjoying the sun and green grass.

White Barns

7.5 x 11 watercolor, first painted a few years ago, then the other day unframed it and reworked parts of it.  I don't do too many landscapes but this scene is one of my favorites.  Landscapes are fine as long as there are some signs of life such as animals or buildings.