From the Florist

15x11 watercolor watercolor on Canson XL 140 lb cold press done last month from my photos of florist flower images. I used Rosa paints for some of the quinacridone pinks and corals. These were wrapped in red paper probably for the Valentine part of February. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

My Birthday Flowers

8x8 watercolor on Masters Touch premium 140 lb cold press paper. I did a side sketch of my large bouquet of flowers sent last month then painted it wet on dry. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

A Daisy Day

6x6 watercolor of imaginary daisy and its greenery done last week on Masters Touch 80 lb paper in sketchbook. With each white flower theme painting I try to introduce new colors, shapes, and design. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Shasta Daisy Petals

3.75x4 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done last week as a short demo, emphasizing putting in darkest values first (no pencil sketch first), then midtones, then lights or white of the paper. This is from an ink sketch from my Shasta daisies photos. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Jar of Daisies

8x8 watercolor using White Nights paints and Daniel Smith on Masters Premium 140 lb paper completed today. These daisies are still blooming at our New Mexico place and were the inspiration for putting cuttings in a jar. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Daisy Thoughts

5.75x5.75 watercolor on 140 lb cold press Strathmore Gemini paper done last week or so ago, another imaginary Shasta daisy loose composition. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Yellow Shasta Daisies

22x15 watercolor on Saunders Waterford 140 lb cold press paper finished over the weekend from one of my daisy photos.  This one has a multicolored background that is broken up around its edges in an almost vignette pattern.  Lavender shadows along with pink accents are just the right touch.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Shastas Shine

5.25x4.5 alcohol inks done in December on paper, an abstraction of shasta daisies, created for fun.  Only a few colors were used in this limited complementary palette.
COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2018

Yellow Daisy

6x6 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper of a yellow daisy with aqua blue background, a simple loose floral vignette.
COPYRIGHT Kay Smith

Thursday Daisy ACEO

2.5x3.5 watercolor art card edition original (ACEO) painted of course on a Thursday after seeing one of my very last daisies growing.  Maybe more rain will fall next spring.  Actual size is seen below.

COPYRIGHT 2018 Kay Smith.

Shastas

22x30 watercolor on Arches 140 lb cold press paper, another one of my fractured images shown in divided vertical sections that together would make a whole.  I used one of my photographs of an orange yellow shasta daisy and cut it into fifths.  Then each part was drawn in pencil on corresponding area and painted as if each was its own painting.  Each vertical is a different measurement; no two are alike, but all are in scale.  I have done several of these and they always sell, probably due to uniqueness.
Image COPYRIGHT 2017 Kay Smith.

Daisy Pail

15x11 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper of shasta daisies and red gerbera daisies in a green pail painted yesterday, an imaginary spring floral.  As it was a gloomy day the colors were perfect to imagine it was sunny and that all these daisies were blooming outside.  Daniel Smith pigments used were quinacridone coral, permanent rose, quinacridone magenta, indigo, green gold, Prussian blue.
Image COPYRIGHT 2106 Kay Smith.

Watercan Bouquet

15x11 watercolor which is today's work.  Actually I drew this imaginary garden scene several days ago and had to wait to paint it.  From orange yellow to red poppies to rudbeckias (blackeyed susans) we have shasta daisies along with various foliage; some are negatively painted.  This is on 140 lb cold press paper in a direct manner.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.