Butterfly Buffet

8.5x5.5 watercolor and ink done awhile ago with Micron 01 pen on Masters Touch 80 lb paper in sketchbook. More of my new pink coneflowers for butterflies to enjoy. This is painted wet on dry. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Tropical Hibiscus

12x9 acrylics and ink on Canson for mixed media paper done last week for another exercise in abstract online tutorials by Yvette St. Amant. These are hibiscus flower shapes. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Fuchsia Funday

5x7.5 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done yesterday for an online Sept. challenge on Painting Friends art site. I used a #1 rigger brush throughout. Ref courtesy Pat El. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Bouquet in Black Vase

8x8 mixed media on paper done today over previous alcohol inks using pink, blue, and yellow making an abstract. I used a 1" flat sponge brush to create flowers with acrylics. Most of the fuchsia pink is what is left of the inks. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Tiny Bouquets

2.5x3.5 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper using leftover Ken Oliver fluid/liquid watercolors. I did a pulled print from paint used yesterday, simply placing the paper (wet and blotted both sides) face down then lifted up. The colors reminded me of an array of pink and white blooms so that is what transpired by adding vases and details to define the subject. Brush only, no pencil. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith Actual size:

Wild Cosmos

5.5x5.5 watercolor on Arteza sketchbook, 110 lb cold press paper done a few days ago. Photo courtesy Jo Castillo on WetCanvas. I love cosmos and these wayward blooms seemed to grow wild by the garden pots. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Floral Fun

8x11.5 mixed media on paper completed today after working on it off and on all weekend for a change of pace.  First I used alcohol inks in pinks then covered the background with several mixed green and blue acrylics.  Acrylic ink was put on for the white stems.  Funky flowers and leaves were collaged on along with a bird from thin tissue paper.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Spring Geraniums

6x4 alcohol inks on glossy white photo paper done this afternoon using pinks and greens, blowing them around with a large straw.
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

Playful Pink Cosmos

11x14 watercolor on Kilimanjaro 140 lb cold press paper, a demo started yesterday for a class then finished up today.  I used one of my pink cosmos photos from my studio backyard flowerbed taken about 9 years ago when we had rain regularly.  I've used this reference before for a very loose version.
COPYRIGHT 2018 Kay Smith.

Pink Flowering Weeds

9x12 alcohol inks done yesterday on freezer paper, shiny side, as a warm up practice for Sunday afternoon's Odessa Art Association demonstration I'm to give.  It will be at 2:15 p.m. at the Ellen Noel Museum, 4909 E. University Blvd.
COPYRIGHT 2017 Kay Smith         Email:   1971ks@att.net to purchase via PayPal            Cost:  $115

Pink Cosmos

11x15 watercolor painted on 140lb cold press paper a few years ago using my studio flowers. This work is SOLD.
Image COPYRIGHT Kay Smith.

Butterfly Buffet

8.5x5.5 watercolor and ink done last week with Micron 01 pen on Masters paper.  More of my new pink coneflowers for butterflies to enjoy.  Right now they're wilting in the 103 degrees F. though!
Image COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Luscious Lilies

11x15 watercolor on Kilimanjaro 140 lb cold press paper drawn and painted for today's work, another floral from my never ending supply.  The pink is actually several colors side by side, what we call analogous colors:  Permanent rose, quinacridone violet, magenta, pink, coral; alizarin crimson, Grumbacher red, transparent pyrrol orange, Halloween orange, thioindigo violet.  Mixed greens are UB, Prussian, indigo, green gold along with quin gold, arylide, raw sienna, new gamboge.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2014 Kay Smith.

Happy Hydrangeas

16x28 watercolor, a floral from one of my first pink hydrangeas, drawn from life and painted quickly.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2013 Kay Smith.

Blush hibiscus

11x7.5 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper; Daniel Smith paints from a pale pink hibiscus I photographed in Puerto Rico.
Although this is a small vertical format, the flower really packs a punch.

Cosmos and Coneflowers

10x30 watercolor floral to perk up the dreariest of days.  This is on Arches 140 lb cold press paper and is done wet on dry method with Daniel Smith paints.  With all the snow scenes I've been doing lately it was time to change to a bright happy floral.  Tomorrow I will return to Christmas and winter themed art, so stay tuned.