Posh Pear

9x6 watercolor using White Nights paints on Canson 117 lb cold press paper, done at middle of May, just experimenting with simple subjects such as this pear. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Junk Journal Strawberries

5.5x8 mixed media in old book using sepia 0.3 Winsor Newton fine liner pen to sketch then watercolor to paint, done last week of April for another WetCanvas online weekend challenge. These berries look fresh enough to eat. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Woven Wild Strawberry ~ demo Palette Club

10x8 watercolor that is actually two paintings almost identical cut into vertical then horizontal strips and woven together to create one image. This is on Canson paper and was the demo for Midland Palette Club class of 15 held last evening. Limited palette of Daniel Smith pigments were ultramarine blue, permanent rose, and nickel azo yellow. I had fun creating this and everyone seemed to enjoy their brushes and scissors. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Bunch of Beauty

9.5x7 watercolor on cold press paper, free form grapes using only a black and white reference, over a multicolored underpainting of soft greens, pink, yellows, blues. This work has been SOLD. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith

Berry Bowl

4.75x6 watercolor using Rosa Gallery paints on Kilimanjaro 140 lb paper done mid month, an imaginary simple strawberry still life in white bowl. Some of the berries are sliced ready to eat. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Pear Study

Pear Study 8x5.5 mixed media of my pear, drawn today before I ate it. At first it was too pretty to eat. After studying it awhile I got out my black Pigma Micron 01 pen and Strathmore Visual Journal for mixed media and drew the whole pear. Then I cut it in half until seeds visible, and drew that along with its end and other sections including the core. Then I took apart the seeds and sketched those. Crosshatching was done for dark areas. Media used was ink, watercolor, and colored pencils; the CPs were "color-sanded" into wet areas with fine grit sandpaper so the tiny specks you see are CP pigment bits. When dry, I stamped 'pears' in black ink at the top and flicked wet paint spray. An enjoyable Bartlett pear for sure after studying it first. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Apple Assortment

5.5x8.5 watercolor using White Nights paints on speckled paper done last week while in New Mexico, a simple apple fruit still life of these delicious wonders. Ref courtesy online site Creative Spark. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Three Red Pears

9x12 watercolor and gold Sharpie marker on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done last week, an exercise done for my Monday afternoon class. With this approach, a color temperature palette is chosen of warm or cool (reds, oranges, yellows or blues, greens, etc.)then begin with any but only paint a small, medium, and large shape in that chosen color. That hue cannot be used again unless mixed with another for a new color, even white. May add black and at least one cool color if using a warm selection or one warm if using a cool. When done select another small, medium, and large shape already painted to add pattern to with a gold marker for warms and a silver marker for cools, as seen here on the black. Any tiny dot, circle, square, diamond, cross, etc. will work but do not go over the entire composition of flat shapes. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Pear on Blue & Black Table

6x4 mixed media collage on Canson 140 lb cold press paper, an imaginary original fruit still life that was donated to our art association last fall. I used crayon, Brusho, India ink, and watercolor before doing collaged table. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Pear Group

6x9 ink and watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done during a previous #InkTober, a yearly challenge for artists to do one work per day in ink. My favorite pen is Pigma Micron 01 by Sakura that makes a very fine line. These pears were featured on WetCanvas. Works with watercolor and ink used to draw outlines is called ink and line wash work. COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith

November Pear

9x5.5 mixed media still life on vintage book text done last week.  I started this Bosc pear out as a simple ink sketch with a Staedtler 0.3 pen, the added watercolor.  White areas are acrylic for highlights.
COPYRIGHT 2018 Kay Smith

Juicy Fruit Strawberries

10x14 watercolor on Saunders 140 lb cold press paper, a still life of complementary red and green colors in a simple still life set up.  Strawberries are not my favorite fruit but I do enjoy painting them a lot.
COPYRIGHT 2018 Kay Smith   Email:   1971ks@att.net to purchase via PayPal or for more information.

Polkadot Apple

8.5x8.5 mixed media collage on paper done today.  Using the soft toned back side of a failed alcohol ink, I brush sketched an apple outline in acrylics, then negatively painted the fruit.  Since most of the blotchy color was yellow green I went with red and turquoise spice colors as accents.  Torn polkadot red tissue paper was added in three places.  Black India ink was put on at the top stem.  Cast shadow was blue mixed with a bit of cadmium red acrylics and background was a mixed grey of palette colors.
COPYRIGHT 2017 Kay Smith                            Email:   1971ks@att.net                               Cost:  $115

Ripest Cherries

10.25x9 watercolor and ink on sketchbook paper done today.  Using a Micron 01 pen I sketched the cherry fruit outlines and stems.  I could not find my tube of Daniel Smith thalo blue green or turquoise so mixed thalo blue with green to get this hue for a complementary color scheme.  Reds are:  Grumbacher red, transparent pyrrol orange, permanent rose, alizarin crimson, quinacridone violet, carbazole violet, then indigo.
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith.

Mandie's Pears

9x10.25 mixed media (colored pencils, watercolor, India ink) on paper done recently along with stamped letters.  Drawn from life, this pear was one my nephew's wife brought over the holidays ordered from Harry and David company.  Very juicy!
Image is COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.