Cool Pears

8x8 watercolor on Master's Touch 140 lb cold press paper done middle of the month, a day to try out different cool colors of greens and blues and pair them with pears. A fun exercise versus the warm colors I'm always using. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Dramatic Pears

7x9 watercolor on 80 lb sketchbook paper done yesterday, another online weekend drawing event for WetCanvas. As the host for 2 weeks my images were featured plus this one from the site's reference image library. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Red Gala Apple

8x8 acrylics on wrapped canvas, the second apple painting done last week or so ago for our local art association's March challenge. This one was painted from life and will be displayed at the Chamber of Commerce for a month. COPYRIGHT 2025 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

Lemons in Blue Bowl

6x6 watercolor using White Nights paints on Masters Touch sketchbook 80 lb paper done week before last. As part of a WetCanvas challenge we had 2 hours to choose and paint our chosen image. Ref courtesy reference image library on WetCanvas. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Pear Bowl

6x6 watercolor using White Nights paints done over this past weekend as part of another online challenge with WetCanvas! In this endeavor, participants have 2 hours to select an image then draw or paint it. This is on 80 lb cold press Masters Touch sketchbook paper. I enjoyed the fresh green pears in a glass bowl and the white napkin. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Pear on Checkered Cloth

6x4 mixed media on watercolor paper 140 lb cold press done last week, the first in a short series of pear and apple mixed media works. I used Brusho crystals to color in the pear over oil pastel sketch, then watercolor to follow. When dry, an outline using colored India ink was put around the pear. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Blackberry Bucket

12x9 watercolor on Winsor Newton 140 lb cold press paper finished yesterday, another of my country still life scenes I had saved to paint later. We had blackberry bushes growing up and the fruit was sweet and juicy. 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

Persimmons Shadows

9x12 watercolor on Grumbacher 140 lb cold press paper completed today. These Asian persimmons were given to me so they were placed on decorated textiles that have sequins, tiny pearls, ribbon, soutache, etc., then photographed. I liked the cast shadows over the mostly secondary color palette. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Apple Season

7x9.5 colored pencils,watercolor and gouache on Ecosystem paper done yesterday using yellow apples, sketching with the pencils from life. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

July Strawberries

12x12 watercolor on 140 lb cold press Masters Touch paper done last week, a still life of juicy strawberries, ready to eat this summer. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Lemon Compote

8x8 watercolor on Masters premium 140 lb cold press paper, a simple lemon still life arranged in an orange glassware. The blue plaid tablecloth sets off the yellows well. This was painted last weekend. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Lemon Basket

7x9.5 watercolor on paper of an old white woven basket loaded with lemons on a red checkered cloth. Drawn with Micron 01 pen on Ecosystem sketchbook this one has a country home picnic style. It is fun to paint tablescapes or still life like this simple one. This is taken from an older photograph of a picnic set up I photographed. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Strawberries on Yellow Plate

5x8 watercolor on Winsor Newton 140 lb cold press paper painted yesterday for the first art of the new year. Today two more were done of a cat and a floral garden. The primary colors of the red berries, yellow plate, and blue cloth were exciting to me. Painted wet on dry in a direct manner this still life is available on www.dailypaintworks.com in my gallery there. Image courtesy WetCanvas for the weekend drawing event where participants have two hours to select then paint their choice. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Blooming Strawberry

11x15 watercolor on Magnani 140 lb cold press paper just completed from a fresh bloom of the fruit which is not classified as a real berry, such as a blueberry. I like the bright sun drenched clay pot against the red fruit and dark background. COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Pomegranate Still Life

4.5x6.5 oil pastels over ink sketch with STA 0.1 pen on toned tan paper done over the weekend for an online challenge limiting participants to 2 hours.  Photo courtesy WetCanvas.com
COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Three Red Pears

6.75x9.5 gouache on book text, a page from an old dictionary, done recently as part of an online challenge. Gouache is the perfect medium for a still life subject such as this.
COPYRIGHT 2019 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.
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Green Pear

11x7.5 acrylic on gessoed watercolor paper, the color glazed same one I posted here yesterday.  It has a thin film of dilute pigment applied all over with a wadded up paper towel dipped in yellow-green Liquitex paint.  Touches of fluorescent pink was applied today for warm accents.  Brush only; no pencil drawing.
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