September Pumpkin

4x6 watercolor and Brusho crystals on 140 lb cold press paper done last month as part of my pumpkin series. Most of the brushwork done here was with a #1 script liner/rigger brush. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Pumpkins for Sale

12x10.5 watercolor and ink line (Pigma Micron 05 pen) on Daler Rowney Langton 140 lb cold press paper done for a past #InkTober. I photographed this fat pumpkin on top of others in a huge box at the Ruidoso WalMart store in 2016. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith

Fat Pumpkins

12x9 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done over this past weekend from one of my pumpkin photos shot in downtown Ft. Worth last fall.  I liked the twisted stem on this big fat one.
COPYRIGHT 2018 Kay Smith

Basket of Gourds - palette knife watercolor

11x15 watercolor still life on Italia 140 lb cold press paper, completed this afternoon using palette knife only.  No pencil drawing nor brush used and I worked from a black and white reference.  I began upper left by spritzing fine mist water onto dry paper then laying in pure fresh color with the knife tip for autumn leaves and the woven basket.  Assorted colorful gourds rounded out the composition, and lastly, I made calligraphic marks with edge, side, and tip of the knife.