Lily Lantern

6x6 watercolor using White Nights paints on Master's Touch 80 lb sketchbook done first week of July. Ref courtesy of Cindy in the Watercolor Studio forum of WetCanvas! online challenge. I enjoyed the yellow orange tiger lilies and day lilies growing by the garden lantern and had to omit several to focus more on the lantern. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Plum Pink Daylily

8x6 watercolor using Rosa paints made in Ukraine done last week, a quick daylily in pink and purple hues. I planted these in our front flowerbed but the deer eat them before they can bloom. This is on Masters Touch 140 lb cold press paper. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

March Lily

9x7 watercolor on Masters Touch sketchbook 80 lb paper done last month, another floral study of a lily. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Old House Garden

12x9 watercolor on Fabriano 140 lb cold press paper sketched and painted last week; this old pale yellow clapboard house sets a nice background for the blooming alliums, larkspur, lilies, etc. for a summer scene. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

June Calla Lily

6x6 watercolor on Master's Touch sketchbook paper 80 lb/Daniel Smith paints, recently painted for an online challenge focusing on calla lilies. For the challenge I used my own white calla photo and added a rather abstract background. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Portugal Lilies

3x4 watercolor on 140 lb cold press Canson paper done last week as part of an online challenge; one of the artists is from Portugal and shared his reference photo of red lilies. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

A Majestic Lily

11x15 watercolor of one of my speckled red and white tiger lilies, just in time for spring, almost summer in two days from now.. It is painted wet in wet on 140 lb Saunders cold press paper, DS/DV paints. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

March Callas

6x6 watercolor on Fabriano 140 lb cold press rough paper painted a few days ago to loosen up, just drawing imaginary calla lilies and making up a background. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

October Lilypads

5.5x8.5 watercolor on Masters sketch paper done today over pencil drawing of this lilypad scene still blooming in the warm fall days. COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Terrific Tiger Lily

7x5 watercolor on Yupo synthetic paper sketched today with a rigger/script liner #1 brush then painted.  As a part of a timed online WetCanvas challenge our images were courtesy of Beth in the weekend drawing event.  We have 2 hours to complete our art and mine was done in 45 minutes.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Blue Waterlilies #InkTober

5.5x8.5 watercolor and ink line using Micron 01 pen on Masters sketchbook done last week for day 2 of #InkTober.  The prompt for that day was Tranquil, so I thought these waterlilies fit the bill.
COPYRIGHT 2018 Kay Smith

April Arrangement

7.5x5 mixed media done yesterday with no pre-drawing, brush only using watercolor, watersoluble colored pencils sanded into wet areas, black India ink applied with a chopstick, for a loose imaginary bouquet.  I have imagined lilies and tulips with this spring arrangement in a glass vase.  Leaves were made by rolling the chopstick on its side.
COPYRIGHT 2018 Kay Smith.

Lilies and Tulips

15x22 watercolor on cold press paper with rice paper on top for a different softer look.  This composition was drawn from life and I featured it on this month's Florals & Botanicals forum on WetCanvas! where the subject was lilies.
Image COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Consider the Lilies of the Field

30x22 watercolor of red daylilies with an abstract background.  This was painted wet in wet and is SOLD.
Image is copyright 2013 Kay Smith.

Calla Charm

14x10 watercolor on Kilimanjaro block 140 lb cold press paper.  A lone white bloom beckons the spring gardener to get busy planting more lovelies.  Image (c) copyright Kay Smith 2013.

Sherbet Lilies

15x22 transparent watercolor on Arches 140 lb cold press, a demo done today for Snyder, TX Palette Club, located at their airport. They had requested a floral, and I was only too happy to oblige with this sherbet-hued daylily composition.  It was painted wet in wet with 1.5" brush for the most part, beginning with darks first, then midtones, then lights last.  Daniel Smith/American Journey paints were used.

Consider the Lilies of the Field

30x22 watercolor on Italia 140 lb cold press paper, painted direct manner wet on dry with one application. This painting is SOLD.

St Ives Calla Lilies

15x22 watercolor on Saunders Waterford 140 lb cold press paper, painted this afternoon from one of many photos taken in Cornwall. Of course the background is my own interpretation.