Precious Prickly Pear

6x6 mixed media on 80 lb sketchbook paper done yesterday. Media used: multilead colored Magic pencils to sketch, watercolor with White Nights paints, acrylics, Caran D'Ache Neocolors watersoluble crayons, and black Sharpie ultra fine point. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Cactus Glory

8.5x5.5 mixed media of Winsor Newton grey fineliner 0.3 pen, watercolor, colored pencils done last month in mixed media sketchbook. Another imaginary desert cactus and foliage scene up close. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Monday Cactus Pears

8.5x5.5 watercolor on sketchbook for mixed media done last month. Using a limited palette for these imaginary cactus leaves and pears I used: Payne's Gray, Perylene maroon, and quinacridone gold. Also I used multilead colored pencils by Koh-I-Noor Magic pencils. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

March Saguaro Madness

9x7 mixed media on 140 lb cold press wc paper done last month. After initial sketch using colored pencils, I used watercolors, Stabilo woody pencils, white gel pen, STA Lictin 0.3 ink pen, ink stamp. This is an imaginary cactus saguaro. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Prickly Performance

6x6 watercolor and colored pencils on Masters Touch sketchbook 80 lb. paper done first part of June, another cactus of prickly pears in my series. These imaginary desert landscapes are so much fun and each one is different and usually done with addition of at least one other medium. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Cactus Confetti

8.25x5.25 mixed media in junk journal, a book published in 1950. I first put on collaged elements of tissue paper and a ticket stub, stenciled acrylic colors, added ink marks with technical pen nib, wrote words, then added a saguaro cactus shape. Assorted colors for stripes and dots and flowers on top. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Tall Mini Cactus in Striped Pot

7x5.25 mixed media (watercolor, acrylics, ink, gel pen) done yesterday, another imaginary succulent in a pot over an abstract background. Gel pen in white used to make tiny prickly thorns. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith