Ramshackle Barn

9x5 watercolor on Canson 117 lb cold press done first week of this month while getting ready for our annual Alto Artist Tour show. With this imaginary barn in the countryside I've tried to show its aging structure with the onset of winter. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Clouds over Sheep Farm

5.5x7.5 watercolor using White Nights paints done last day of June, an imaginary farm landscape. This was painted on Fabriano 140 lb cold press paper in a handmade wc book I bought from Etsy. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Rural Homestead

10x8 watercolor using White Nights paints on Canson 117 lb cold press paper. This imaginary farm or ranch homestead could be where any of us grew up. I painted it the second week of June while out of town. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Barn Memories sketch

8.5x11 pencil sketch on paper in Crescent sketchbook done first week of April. Just trying to capture memories of the old barn that has been torn down now. Country barns are becoming scarce. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Grazing

6x6 acrylics on paper in sketchbook by Master's Touch (80 lb), an imaginary farm or ranch scene with cows doing what they do best. No refs used for this landscape. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Countryside Barn

11x6.5 watercolor on Saunders 140 lb cold press paper, done the second day of Tim Oliver's workshop held at the Midland Palette Club on March 23-25. (Ref courtesy of instructor). Using mostly Daniel Smith paints this was done wet on dry using lots of water with large mop brush. I enjoyed painting this old barn and farm setting located somewhere in west Texas. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Prairie Clouds and Cows

9x12 watercolor on Crescent sketchbook paper done last week of March, an imaginary scene featuring stormy looking clouds over a small group of cows grazing. This is mostly monochromatic hues of browns. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith

Range Riders

15x22 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper that I had applied gesso acrylic ground on in March. In this imaginary ranch life scene two cowboys can be seen in their yellow raincoats on horseback doing their work. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Old Mail Pouch Barns

7x9 watercolor in Masters Touch sketchbook 80 lb paper done week before last from one of my earlier barn photos I have painted before. Love the old advertising Mail Pouch tobacco signs that are seen in some very old farm barns in the American landscape. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Rustic Barn

6x9 watercolor and ink line on Fabriano Bristol 100 lb smooth paper done last weekend in July; ref courtesy WetCanvas challenge. To sketch I used STA Lictin 0.5 pen. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Farm Barn

5.5x8.5 watercolor and ink line using STA and Micron pens sketched yesterday for #InkTober2022 day 31 'farm' prompt, then color added today to complete the country scene. Ref courtesy WetCanvas Reference Image Library. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Behind the Barn

5.5x8.5 watercolor using White Nights paints done last week using no reference, a glimpse into farm life behind the barn. Probably everyone's barn had a corner where fence meets the building. In this scene, I have weeds growing tall, while fields can be seen in the distance. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Abandoned Barn in Winter

9x12 watercolor and Brusho wc crystals on 140 lb Grumbacher cold press paper done yesterday, a country barn and shed covered in snow. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Field Barn

15x22 watercolor vignette on a half sheet of Canson 140 lb cold press paper done last week, painting wet on dry in a direct manner. A few areas had more than one glaze of this old barn structure out in a field. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Holstein Market

8.25x5.25 gouache, watercolor, ink pen in junk journal done a few days ago as part of another challenge online. Ref courtesy Jenna Hestekin. This Holstein steer is ready for market. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Snowy Road to the Ranch

4x6 watercolor on Fabriano 140 lb rough cold press paper just completed, another imaginary winter snow landscape scene. Here I have imagined the gate posts are open to let us enter the road to the ranch. COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith Actual size:

Wyoming Barn

7x9.5 watercolor over graphite sketch done yesterday in my Ecosystem sketchbook (photo courtesy Jo Castillo) for the Southwest/Western monthly challenge on WetCanvas.  Local color was imagined and not factual in this abandoned barn scene.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith