Inside Red Bell Pepper

9x12 CaliArt markers on Master's Touch marker pad paper done last week. I was wanting to use the markers again as their vivid colors are unmatched by any paint medium and this freshly sliced red bell pepper was perfect for a vegetable still life. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Red Bell Pepper

3.25 x 4 alcohol inks and watercolor on abstract background of Canson 140 lb cold press paper done last week. With this simple still life of a red bell pepper, only its outline and few lines were made. The paper already had ink and other watermedia marks from using it as a backing sheet behind other works. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Vegetables on Talavera Mosaic

18x12 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper still life I set up of two onions and a red bell pepper on tile surface.  The pattern areas are Talavera pottery pieces along with rusty iron and concrete parts.
COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Pickled

8.5x5.5 watercolor over ink line drawing using Pigma Micron 01 pen on Master's Touch sketchbook paper drawn yesterday and painted today.  Inspired by local canning products I can use this pickle jar to hope our Howard County Fair is a good one this fall.  Carrots, red bell pepper and garlic cloves dot the bottom part of this simple still life of vegetables.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2014 Kay Smith.

Bell Peppers

6x6 watercolor on paper, done today of bell peppers on the vine, back when we got rain and could grow vegetables.  (Temp was 106 F. today)  I started doing a contour line drawing with Pigma Micron 01 pen then decided to color it in with complementary hues of greens and reds.

Balancing Act - vegetable still life

18x12 watercolor of two onions and a red bell pepper balancing on a sunflower mosaic vase I'd turned on its side.  They're resting on cut glass mosaic top of an old hospital stretcher in my studio.  At upper left is a portion of Talavera pottery holding plants.  I set up this still life last year then drew and painted it before the onions and pepper got too ripe sitting in the sunny south window.  This is dry brush on Strathmore 140 lb cold press paper.

Windowsill

15x22 watercolor on Italia Acquerello 140 lb cold press paper of a group of fresh veggies and herbs in an imaginary windowsill. Some negative painting done with herb leaves; this was painted wet in wet using American Journey paints.