July Strawberries

12x12 watercolor on 140 lb cold press Masters Touch paper done last week, a still life of juicy strawberries, ready to eat this summer. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Quaint Country Patterns

15x22 watercolor, painted wet in wet, from a still life using fresh flowers (sunflowers and hydrangeas) in old pots.  They're sitting on antique tablecloth popular in the 50s, along with a fresh garden tomato.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2013 Kay Smith.

Final version Just Beachy

Yesterday I worked on this one again adding texture for sand onto the towel all around using American Journey Coastal Fog and white, then intensifying shadows.  Hopefully it reads better now, so let me know.

WIP Just Beachy next step

As you can tell more work was done on the towel and its folds that stretch across the composition diagonally, an important design consideration.  Bottom right will be neutral colors and the white of the paper for beach sand.

Woven Watercolor: Country Icons



Here it is! Two into one completed work, 22x15 inches that I will mount onto a support, mat, and frame.  Hopefully the viewer can make out what the still life is with lemons, grapes, zinnias and the blue and white pitchers and bowl.



Woven Watercolors: Two Become One

In this photo I've cut both half sheets, 22x15 inches into wavy strips.  One is vertical as on the left and the other horizontal as seen on the right.  The next step is to weave them into one.  That means probably at least 3 strips will be left out.  Since the watercolor on the right was the original one in which I messed up the foreground table, I'll remove that bottom horizontal strip.  So do stay tuned and I'll show you the finished result.

Fruit and Veggies

15x22 trio of tomatoes with a single pear drawn with Caran D'Ache watersoluble wax crayons on 140 lb hot press paper. Title is: A Pear of Tomatoes.

Pick Your Own-Watermelon torn paper collage

Finished!!! After 6 more hours today and messy fingers it is finally done. I hope it reads okay now and values are corrected and shapes simplified...I have a tendency to add detail when painting, so thought it would hold true for collage and yes, it does. Last chore to do was to tear tiny black ovals for seeds and get them adhered to the gloss varnished areas as well as check all 4 edges that they're covered, too. Fork and knife in foreground rest on a white napkin for a little genteel touch in this country still life scene. Total fun and takes many hours but is well worth it! If you have never done this type collage I'd encourage you to try.