September Poppies

6x4 watercolor using Rosa Gallery (Ukraine) paints, an imaginary loose floral based on the inked poppies done the day before in mid-month. I've put this vignette on Joggles sketchbook paper 80 lb. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Emerging Poppies

9x6 ink using black Tombow brush pen on Master's Touch Bristol 103 lb, done second week of this month, a quick demo for class. Using no pencil, darkest darks were put in first followed by a rigger brush of water for mid-tones. Whites remain the white of the paper in this free forming floral of poppies. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Purple Poppy Cup

8.5x5.5 watercolor using White Nights paints on sketchbook page done first of this month. I combined several of my poppy photos and placed them as if growing into an imaginary purple pink coffee cup or tea cup. Master's Touch 80 lb paper is the support used in this cheerful floral still life. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Praying Poppy Bloom

12x9 watercolor on Bristol (by Fabriano) paper done last of June. When this was photographed I thought it looked as if it was praying with its head bowed down, hence the title. This poppy bloom was also a demo design for the local watercolor class to try and paint, and they did well. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Orange Poppy Collage

8x8 mixed media collage on paper using watercolor, rice batik, and gift wrap paper to form this orange poppy art. I used an older poppy painting of mine as inspiration. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

March Poppies

8x8 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper (Master's Touch) done March 2 as part of my demo paintings for the Brownfield Art Association. Beginning with the darkest dark first the poppy was quickly developed with the background put in last. Taken from one of my earlier poppy paintings, this imaginary floral took on energy and life as it was completed. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Valentine Poppy

9x7 watercolor and ink in sketchbook on 80 lb paper done a couple weeks ago on Valentine's Day to celebrate the occasion. I used a black Sharpie ultra fine pen along with White Nights paints for this fun flower. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Christmas Poppy

9x7 watercolor painted last month using Daniel Smith paints on 80 lb sketchbook paper. The floral image was part of the Florals/Botanical forum on WetCanvas.com hosted by Virginia. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Yellow Poppy

6x6 watercolor using White Nights paints along with sepia fineliner 0.3 pen by Winsor Newton in sketchbook 80 lb paper. Done last month for another online WetCanvas challenge, I liked the cheerful air this yellow poppy has about it. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Annual Purple Poppies

7.5x5.5 watercolor on Fabriano 140 lb cp paper done last week using White Nights paints along with Rosa Gallery paints. This was a fun small miniature floral. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Fresh February Poppies

9x7 watercolor with White Nights paints done yesterday of three poppies and some buds waiting to sprout, an imaginary poppy field done this past weekend. I used an older drawing and revamped it, even changing the petal colors. COPYRIGHT 2025 Kay Smith

Paper Poppy

5.5x8.5 watercolor collage using White Nights over paper in Master's Touch sketchbook end of December. I used a part of a toilet seat cover adhered onto the support and when dry painted the red poppy. So fun to see where the pigment goes and is not predictable. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2024

Poppy Path

8x8 watercolor; I used a limited palette of aureolin, ultramarine, and permanent rose paints on 140 lb cold press paper by Master's Touch. First I did a wet in wet underpainting using the 3 colors. When dry, pencil sketched them in then went with what I felt like rather than using local color. Lastly, different color splatters were added to dry painting. Ref courtesy of artist Christine. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Field of Poppies

22x15 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper done previously from multiple photos, painted wet in wet of imaginary poppies growing in a field. This work was SOLD. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith

Tiny Poppy Row

Tiny Poppy Row 3x5 watercolor miniature recently done from imagination of a field of red poppies COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Poppy Arrangement

18x10 watercolor on cold press 140 lb painted last week, a much looser design of floral stems in a vase. Although the red poppies command attention it is the stems in water that are very interesting in this tall vertical format. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Poppy Greetings

5.25x5.25 watercolor and wc pencil on slick paper done before the end of December, a simple vivid pink poppy and its friends painted loosely. Only a slight pencil sketch done before adding paint. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Poppy Dazzle

6x6 watercolor over Magic multi-colored pencil in red sketch. I have painted this same poppy design multiple times and never tire of finding new ways to portray it. This is on Masters Touch 80 lb paper in sketchbook. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Friday Poppy

6x3 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper done last Friday as part of an online WetCanvas weekend drawing event challenge. I cropped all extraneous parts of a garden to focus upon the vivid blood red poppy and let excess paint drip down in a free fall. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Blue Poppy

8x8 watercolor on Masters Touch premium wc paper, sketched in pencil then applied Daniel Smith paints using ultramarine blue, Prussian blue, and indigo. A pale yellow background was added along with loosely painted green foliage. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith