Mighty Mushroom

5.5x8 watercolor and ink (Micron 01 pen) done on Strathmore Visual Journal for mixed media. I featured the mushroom online for a monthly online challenge. Lots of detail that I love not only in the background but underneath the exaggerated fungus plant, just a myriad of multiple mazes. It is so fun to explore these microcosms; so much going on at the tiny level most people don't care to see or examine. There are pine needles with their three prongs scattered about here, leaves, twigs, and parts of other botanicals and even a small insect underneath its umbrella. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Busy Bee

5x8.25 watercolor on sketch paper done over the weekend of a busy bee on some purple asters going about its business. No pencil sketch just brush on paper to make shapes and forms. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Butterfly Zinnia Garden

11x15 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper completed yesterday of summer annual zinnias with monarch butterfly, an imaginary scene from one of my photos. This was painted wet on dry using Daniel Smith and White Nights paints over a couple of days. Zinnia leaves are rough and scratchy. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Bee on a Blossom

11x8.5 watercolor on Stonehenge 260 lb hot press paper done today of a busy bee on an apple blossom. I've enhanced the stamens and colors plus added splatters when dry.
COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Yellow Butterfly ~ Happy New Year

5x5 watercolor on Italia 140 lb. cold press paper begun yesterday and completed today as my final painting for 2019.  Just as a butterfly flies away we say goodbye to a long and eventful year with hopes of a better one unfolding.  Have a happy new year all friends and followers!
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Mighty Mushroom

5.5x8 watercolor and ink (Micron 01 pen) done this weekend on Strathmore Visual Journal for mixed media.  I featured the mushroom online for our monthly Watermedia challenge on WetCanvas.  Lots of detail that I love not only in the background but underneath the exaggerated fungus plant, just a myriad of multiple mazes.  It is so fun to explore these microcosms; so much going on at the tiny level most people don't care to see or examine.  There are pine needles with their three prongs scattered about here, leaves, twigs, and parts of other botanicals and even a small insect underneath its umbrella.
Image COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Butterfly Bride

22x30 acrylic on paper, with first an abstract underpainting then butterfly shape drawn in. Black background with fluorescent acrylic patterning complete the image.
ALL IMAGES COPYRIGHT 2010 Kay Smith.