Pink Cosmos and Bee

6x8 watercolor using White Nights paints on handmade rough paper 140 lb done mid month using several reference photos. In this simple garden scene the bee is happily going about its business amongst the cosmos. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Cosmos Coneflower Confetti ~ Happy New Year!

6x6 watercolor in sketchbook by Master's Touch 80 lb completed today, my last painting for 2024! Happy New Year! I've combined white and pink cosmos with yellow orange coneflower in this imaginary floral watercolor garden. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

May Cosmos

7x5 watercolor on Fabriano 140 lb cold press paper done a few days ago of a single cosmos. It was one of many growing in the flowerbed several years back before grass took over. I've put a warm background behind the delicate flower and its leaves. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Quick Cosmos

4.5x3 watercolor, pink acrylic, and tissue collage on 140 lb cold press Canson paper done last week, sketching from a silk cosmos from life. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Glowing Cosmos

9x12 watercolor on Grumbacher 140 lb cold press paper finished yesterday of imaginary cosmos blooms painted wet on dry. Some foliage and flower buds were done with brush only. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Cosmos by the Sea

5.5x4.5 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper, an imaginary scene of varied cosmos colors growing by the sea, that I painted this past Sunday. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Cosmos Clouds

15x22 watercolor on Saunders 300 lb cold press paper; one drawn from silk cosmos that I've used for floral still life before.  On the reverse side is a white duck swimming that I will post soon so whoever purchases the cosmos gets a freebie or vice versa.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Cosmos World ~ First Day of Spring!

9x8 watercolor on this the first day of Spring 20 March! Just some bright pinks, blues, greens and yellows in this airy painting.  Another in my cosmos floral series using photos from my studio garden.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Cosmos Field

5.25x8.25 watercolor done in my grunge/junk journal today, a vintage 1950 book, over gesso on part of the page. I used two of my cosmos photos from 2009 and combined the white flowers with the others.  Although a small format this one really packs a Spring punch as it arrives day after tomorrow.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Cosmos Confetti

11x15 watercolor on Bienfang 140 lb cold press paper drawn yesterday starting with the cosmos centre and few greens, then finished today.  I used a #12 round Escoda brush from Cheap Joe's that is rapidly becoming a favorite.  It makes a very sharp line with its tip. These pink cosmos were part of my studio garden about 6 years ago and I took tons of photos to use later.  For this painting, three different images were combined.  I really like the withered bloom lower left and new one about to open on the right lower side.  Background is totally imaginary.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Burst of Flowers

18x11.5 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper, another experiment of different techniques:  Wet in wet on upper loose flowers with stamping of real leaves when dry, then dark pink cosmos with lace stencil lower right overlapping top part.  White paper is left blocked. This would make a great greeting card design.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2014 Kay Smith.

Cosmos Chic

11x15 watercolor done yesterday from my cosmos flowers photos taken in 2009, back when it rained and seeds sprouted.
This is drawn with brush only, no pencil, and loosely painted with Daniel Smith pigments on Canson 140 lb cold press paper.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2013 Kay Smith.

Cosmos Charisma

15x11 watercolor on Kilimanjaro 140 lb cold press paper with Daniel Smith paints.  This one is a demo finished a few days ago for an online painting group.  I used pale pink cosmos that grew in my studio garden.  First I did an abstract underpainting with primaries of permanent rose, ultramarine blue, and arylide yellow, then did the flowers wet on dry.  The pencil drawing for it could be also used horizontally.  This is direct painting with one application of pigment.  It is now SOLD.

Cosmos Chorus

11x15 watercolor on 140 lb cold press Saunders, Daniel Smith paints.  This painting was one of my first ones depicting the dancing fragile yet fantastic blooms, taken from combining 3 photos.  It is SOLD!

Cosmos Charm

22x15 watercolor on Italia 140 lb cold press paper; some had emailed asking would I post the painting that was juried into Unwin's The Artistic Touch 4 book. So here it is! I will ship out a complimentary copy to the painting's owners, Mr. & Mrs. Rick Jackson in Phoenix, who have been collecting me for many years now.

I drew this from silk cosmos in a vase from Petals, a floral supply company whom I don't think is in business anymore, and painted as an online demo about 2 years ago.