Ridge ~ #inktober2024 day 19

4x6 ink with Micron 01 pen plus watercolors with White Nights paints done last week for day 19 of #nktober2024. This is done on Joggles sketchbook. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

In the Pines

11x7 watercolor on cold press paper 140 lb painted in a direct manner, a quintessential mountain and pine tree landscape.  This work is SOLD.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Trees and Clouds

11x15 watercolor on Yupo synthetic paper done from one of the landscape photos I posted online for a contest. In this mountain scene, I especially liked the whispering pines behind the taller foreground bare trees. The viewer can imagine tall vistas behind the trees.
COPYRIGHT Kay Smith.

Alto Chickadee

6.5x7.5 watercolor on Kilimanjaro 140 lb cold press paper done this afternoon in about 30 minutes, very loosely painted of a black-capped chickadee I photographed in Alto, New Mexico last September.  The bird in the pine tree allowed me to get very close as he had his eye on my full bird feeder.  Mountain wildlife is very interesting.
COPYRIGHT 2018 Kay Smith.

Snowy Red Barn

7.25x4.75 watercolor on 140 lb cold press Canson paper completed today, a miniature imaginary landscape.  The red barn is just about covered in snow as is the road leading to it.
COPYRIGHT 2018 Kay Smith.

Red Christmas Truck

9x8.5 watercolor and ink (Pigma Micron 01 pen) on Canson 140 lb cold press paper that is yesterday's work. Such a dreary day with cold misty rain I had to find a cheerful subject and this truck in the snow fit the bill. White gouache was used when dry for splatter resembling snowflakes.  This work is now SOLD.
COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith.

Trees and Clouds

11x15 watercolor on Yupo synthetic paper completed today from one of the landscape photos I posted on WetCanvas.  In the Landscape forum participants have all month to choose their favorite reference and to do a painting in any size or media, then post the results.  In this mountain scene, I especially liked the whispering pines behind the taller foreground bare trees.
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith.

Forest Scene

14x10 watercolor painted on location in the Lincoln National Forest, an area commonly called the Blue Hole due to its water pond and surrounding vegetation.  This plein air was fun to do.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Christmas Birdhouse

6.5x3.5 watercolor done recently for a special painting friend after a birdhouse seen in the mountains of New Mexico. Painted wet on dry I used Daler Rowney 140 lb cold press paper and not too many colors (quinacridone burnt orange and gold, UB, Grumbacher true red, mint julep, green gold.)   No masking fluid was used.  This work is SOLD.
COPYRIGHT 2014 Kay Smith.

Sudderth Drive

12x9 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper painted last Monday, the first day of our Florida workshop at Indian Rocks Beach Art Center.  This is from my photo of our last trip to Ruidoso, New Mexico.  Sudderth is the main street of the village and I was excited about the women shoppers and the red pickup truck in the composition for this townscape.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2014 Kay Smith.

No Stone Unturned

12.25 x 18.5 watercolor painted today using a small slanted palette knife.  Except for a brief light value manganese blue sky laid in with 1.5" flat brush, there are no pencil lines nor brushmarks in this rocky landscape.  I did spritz with water mister to make colors run and emphasized texure on Kilimanjaro 140 lb cold press paper.  Total time was about 2 hours.