June Rose

8x6 watercolor on handmade rough 140 lb cold press paper done first week of the month for this not too realistic June rose. Love to paint plants and flowers in water as simple still life subjects. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Regal Rose

9x3 watercolor using White Nights paints on Canson 140 lb cold press along with STA Lictin 0.8 ink technical pen. This vertical watermedia floral could be matted and framed for a nice slender look, or used for a fancy floral bookmark. My imaginative rose appears to be bursting at the seams. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

First Rose of Spring

12x12 watercolor and Brusho wc crystals on 140 lb cold press paper started yesterday in pencil from my first blooming rose, a peace rose bush, at my studio.  First the paper was spritzed with water then dilute permanent rose paint applied.  When dry, spritzed again at random and dusted Crimson Brusho watercolor crystals over that.  Lastly a pencil sketch was drawn of the rose and each petal was developed.  Background was partly negative painting and positive shapes wet in wet.  (Brusho is by Colourcraft/UK)
COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Ikat Rose

4x4.5 mixed media on paper including rice paper collage on top of watercolor and acrylic, plus preprinted ikat pattern for a contemporary indigo blue design.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Rose Riot

4x3 watercolor on Fabriano 140 lb hot press paper done today, a miniature abstract painting entirely from my imagination.  The rose is rising strongly against its natural elements to make a statement.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Pink Rose Collage step by step WIP

11x15 gouache over charcoal sketch on phone book pages collaged then pulled off Lanaquarelle 140 lb hot press paper; done this afternoon in 2 hours for another timed WetCanvas weekend drawing event.  The steps can be seen below.

Supplies of phone book ad pages, 3" brush, a jar of half matte medium, half r/o water that's brushed onto the dry watercolor paper.

Masking tape applied over wet pages that were collaged onto wc paper, then pulled off after 10 minutes. Palette knife is used to press down each tape strip.

After pulling masking tape off then you remove each and every loose piece.

Fully peeled off and now ready to be put outside in 95 F. to dry thoroughly.  Then a sketch of the pink rose onto dry paper is done as seen below.

Adding Turner's Design gouache with large round brush the pink rose comes to life.

Background put in using different blues and yellow mixes for varied greens.  The pulled paper areas will give unexpected textural effects.  This is at the 2 hour mark with not much left to paint.

COPYRIGHT 2018 Kay Smith.

Remnant Rose

6x4 alcohol inks done this past Saturday at the close of class using leftover ink a student had.  Mixed with more alcohol I made a nice rosebud.  The stem is also ink green + black applied with a chopstick tip. 
COPYRIGHT 2018 Kay Smith.