Village Road

6x6 watercolor in sketchbook, 80 lb paper using White Nights paints, done last week or so ago. In this imaginary country rural scene the open road beckons people on into the village. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Man Talk

8.5x5.5 watercolor and ink using STA Lictin 0.3 pen in Masters sketchbook participating in another online challenge. The ref town scene had other people and stores so those were cropped out to focus on the two men talking. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

December Streetlamp

8.5x5.5 watercolor plus Brusho in Masters sketchbookon paper,70 lb, done last week, another in my street lamp series, just in time for the first snowfall in this imaginary scene. The Brusho grey crystals cause amazing textural effects of the ice and snow of the frigid cold. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Old European Buildings

8.5x5.5 watercolor over ink line using STA 0.2 pen in Masters Touch sketchbook done over last weekend drawing event WetCanvas challenge online. First the town buildings were sketched in with the ink pen then color added to give it some life. Note the cobblestone street. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Spanish Town

14x11 watercolor on Kilimanjaro 140 lb cold press completed today, another town or cityscape looser than the previous one.  This has more shadows and just rained in this imaginary scene as seen in the street reflections.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Iron Lamp cityscape ~ day 7 of 30 paintings in 30 days challenge

5.75x8.5 mixed media on matboard using grey Pitt pen, black India ink, Montana markers, Carb Othello pastel charcoal pencil, white acrylic, and Staedtler pigment liner 0.3 done today.  As part of Leslie Saeta's biannual challenge I chose a cropped image of a cast iron lamp between two city buildings (photo courtesy Kay M/WetCanvas). 
Image COPYRIGHT 1-7-17 Kay Smith.

French Village Street redo

8x6 watercolor and ink line sketch that I recently adjusted values and added color on; done in Stillman & Birn Zeta series sketchbook for mixed media.  Pattern was added to foreground figure.
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith.

Atelier Floral Shop

11x8.5 watercolor and ink just completed.  I usually do a painting on my birthday, so this one is it, a small town scene of a studio floral shop.  It will be featured on WetCanvas from last weekend's drawing event hosted by Kat.
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith.

Girls Just Wanna Shop

8x5.5 watercolor and ink done yesterday on Strathmore Watercolor Journal 140 lb cold press paper and Daniel Smith pigments.  Drawn with Pigma Micron 01 pen this is another in my wild women series of girls and their handbags hustling toward the shops in an imaginary town scene.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2014 Kay Smith.