Colored Cactus Pears

8.5x5.5 watercolor done in mixed media sketchbook last week, another imaginary cactus theme focusing on its edible pear fruit. This was painted quickly and loosely. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Dramatic Pears

7x9 watercolor on 80 lb sketchbook paper done yesterday, another online weekend drawing event for WetCanvas. As the host for 2 weeks my images were featured plus this one from the site's reference image library. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Three Red Pears

9x12 watercolor and gold Sharpie marker on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done last week, an exercise done for my Monday afternoon class. With this approach, a color temperature palette is chosen of warm or cool (reds, oranges, yellows or blues, greens, etc.)then begin with any but only paint a small, medium, and large shape in that chosen color. That hue cannot be used again unless mixed with another for a new color, even white. May add black and at least one cool color if using a warm selection or one warm if using a cool. When done select another small, medium, and large shape already painted to add pattern to with a gold marker for warms and a silver marker for cools, as seen here on the black. Any tiny dot, circle, square, diamond, cross, etc. will work but do not go over the entire composition of flat shapes. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Three Pears

15x22 watercolor on Fabriano 140 lb hot press paper, demo done today for the Snyder TX Palette Club located at the Winston Airport, about 50 miles north of our town.  I color sanded several watersoluble colored pencils into the wet areas for texture.  This was a timed demonstration for one hour.  The painting is SOLD.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2014 Kay Smith.

Pears, Apples and Poppies still life

15x22 watercolor on matboard that was gessoed first, then drawn and painted.  This is remarkably like working on Yupo synthetic paper with its ability to allow paint to sit on the surface.

Three's Company - fruit still life

15x22 watercolor demo for a local art group of three pears colorfully displayed on a white tablecloth done in about 1.5 hours.  I love the shadow play evident on the far right pear.  Photo ref courtesy WetCanvas! reference image library.  Paper is Italia 140 lb cold press, paint is American Journey by Cheap Joe's Art Stuff.

Appearently Pears!

20x26 inches, watercolor on Yupo synthetic paper, completed yesterday. Apparently, I am not yet tired of painting pears!