Sunny Seeds

15x11 watercolor using White Nights paints on 140 lb cold press paper, done in December. This is more of a fun sunflower take on the flower versus my usual realism. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

December Sunflower

8x6 watercolor on handmade rough 140 lb cold press paper finished today. This is from an earlier photo taken from a fresh sunflower in a bouquet of mixed blooms. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Purple Pink Coneflower

3.5x2.5 watercolor and ink line on 140 lb Canson cold press paper done last month, an artist trading card, or ACEO (art cards editions & originals. For this card I used a floral reference from my coneflowers planted years ago. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

DAISY RAIN

DAISY RAIN 7x5 watercolor using White Nights paints on Fabriano 140 lb cold press paper done last week, a single daisy in the rain. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Tatters Sunflowers

15x22 gouache on 140 lb hot press paper, a loose sunflower piece with an abstract background.  This is one of those paintings that just flowed and it did win a Best of Show its first time out.
COPYRIGHT 2018 Kay Smith.

Odessa Sunflower - demo today

15x22 watercolor on Kilimanjaro 140 lb cold press paper done today for the Odessa Texas Art Association live demo program.  I photographed the sunflower in 2003 in that town as Leada Wood and I were traveling for an art meeting; many other photos from that day have been painted but not this one.  About 1.5 hours was the time limit.  This is wet on dry using 1" flat sable brush and these pigments:  Quinacridones burnt orange and gold, Prussian, ultramarine and Bice blues, arylide and cadmium yellows, and new gamboge.  A very wet Blue Bice (American Journey) hue was the main background color.  As an opaque, it had to be thinner.  Note the two small lavender and brown shaded moths.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Wishy Washy Sunflower

6.5x4.5 watercolor on 140 lb cold press Langton paper done today.  Using my friend Mollie's instructions I put in a fairly thick center, then put clean water towards ends of petals and paint flowed to make a wishy washy floral.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2014 Kay Smith.