Entwined Geraniums

9x7 watercolor and ink line using grey fine liner pen 0.3 by Winsor Newton, and watercolors on Master's Touch sketchbook. This was created week before last using my geraniums as a model. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Tall Geraniums

9x2 watercolor on Canson 117 lb cold press done in December while on a trip out of town. The vertical narrow format would be fine matted and framed or simply used as a fancy bookmark. This imaginary floral watercolor is just enough to prompt longings of spring. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Pink Geraniums in Orange Pot

9x7.5 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done recently, a floral still life porch scene set up at my studio. The orange pot was purchased at Casa Decor in Ruidoso and the pink geraniums at Midland's Alldredge Gardens. Both the geranium blooms and fuchsia pink siding match. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Three Geranium Pots ~ demo

Three Geranium Pots ~ demo 15x11 watercolor on Strathmore 140 lb cold press paper demo done a week ago Saturday at our all day painting class. A few finishing touches were added later but for the most part the geraniums and pots demonstration was done in an hour, wet on dry. Some white gouache was added to the pots for residue to show the painters how a heavier opaque interacts with transparents. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Geranium Row

3x6 mixed media on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done last Wednesday at our paint in, using another artist's supplies I'd never tried. Watersoluble wax crayons, markers, Montana marker, etc., used to create this imaginary row of various geraniums (no pencil sketch and no reference). COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Signs of Spring II

16x20 watercolor of pink geraniums in my old white wicker chair, painted wet in wet on 140 lb paper/Daniel Smith and DaVinci paints. Seeing geraniums each year for the first time always lets us know it is Spring. I also painted the same porch scene in oil and that version has been purchased by a private collector. COPYRIGHT 2021 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

Pastel Pink Geraniums

6x4 pastels over watercolor, brush only, done today from life.  I used a variegated geranium for the two shades of pink, blocking all shapes in with #10 round brush, then covering with pale washes.  When dry, Caran D'Ache watersoluble wax pastels were applied to this floral on a Pastel Journal magazine card.  No water was put on the final pastel layer.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Cottage Geraniums

5.25 x 4 acrylic, an experiment done yesterday. I used a scrap of tan matboard and covered with 1 coat gloss medium. Let dry, then drew geraniums in a windowsill with Pigma Micron 01 pen. For lace curtains, I used a tiny paper stencil, then brushed dilute white acrylic into its holes. Next painted the white window frame and sill, then the 3 pots of red and pink geraniums. With very dilute mix of red, blue, and green I lightly did sides of the house and below sill. In between curtains you can see the original mat color. Title of it is "Cottage Geraniums". A good experiment. I'll try watercolor or gouache next with GM coated mat for a Yupo-like effect. I think we should be willing, as artists, to try new ideas to keep the old brain cells recharged
Image is COPYRIGHT 2014 Kay Smith

Signs of Spring

16x20 watercolor of pink geraniums in my old white wicker chair, painted wet in wet on 140 lb paper/Daniel Smith and DaVinci paints.  Seeing geraniums each year for the first time always lets us know it is Spring. I also painted the same porch scene in oil and that version has been purchased by a private collector.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2014 Kay Smith

Geraniums Garden Party

15x22 watercolor of red and pink geraniums in clay pots that I painted about 2 years ago.  Recently on a Saturday paint out, I was able to find another variegated leaf type as in the center pot here; love the whitish yellow on leaves edges.  So the new pot is by the front door waiting to be painted, and this work on 140 lb cold press paper is SOLD.