High Steps Villa

9x7 watercolor of an imaginary villa somewhere in Europe or Mexico. This is in my sketchbook 80 lb paper. These high steps lead to a doorway one can only think of what is going on inside a southwest style abode. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Hot Afternoon Donkey II

15x11 watercolor on Fabriano 140 lb cold press rough paper done over the weekend, a repeat of an imaginary earlier version that had sold. I used Daniel Smith paints. This work is also SOLD. Copyright 2022 Kay Smith

Lamp Shadows

6.5x4.5 watercolor and black Brusho on 140 lb cold press Grumbacher paper done last week of an aged stucco building with an ornate iron street lamp and amazing shadows. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Iglesia San Jose

11x15 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper painted today. I dressed it up the old church w/ Mexico's tradition of burning the bad. They make a list annually of the things they don't want in their lives anymore and on New Year's the list is burned so as to start fresh without anything in their way. What a good idea!
COPYRIGHT 2018 Kay Smith

Mission Carmel

16x20 watercolor on Arches 140 lb cold press paper done today for the current WetCanvas weekend drawing event, hosted by Lyndylu.  With this southwestern scene I hoped to portray the hot sunny climate and plants as it really is, and enjoyed the roof shadows running at a diagonal in lower foreground.  Its proper name is Mission San Carlos Borromeo del río Carmelo.
Image COPYRIGHT 2017 Kay Smith