Street Walker

9x8.25 ink sketch on sketchbook paper done back in September 2025 as part of #sktchy #30faces30dayschallenge. I had not posted this urban scene with its lone man walking down the sidewalk. A tall street lamp post keeps him company. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Border Town

12x9 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done towards end of March. I've used several Mexico town scenes to develop this view of a townscape across the border. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Downtown Figures

9x7 watercolor and grey 0.1 Winsor Newton fine liner pen in this city scene at dusk or twilight. Done at end of last month, this urban cityscape was one of the refs in another WetCanvas online challenges. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Germany Street Lamps

9x7 watercolor and ink on 80 lb sketchbook paper done last week from online WetCanvas challenge. I used Micron 01, Winsor Newton 0.1 black fine liner, and Sharpie for the line work in this urban scene or cityscape. Minimal color from the watercolors. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Ancient Building

12.5x9 acrylics and black India ink on handmade paper by Leather Village finished yesterday, another in my old town or old village series. Laundry is put outside in the sun on window racks to dry. Some plants in clay pots can be seen decorating the ancient building wall in this street scene COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Old Stone Villa

12.5x9 watercolor on stained handmade 140 lb cold press paper by Leather Village (from Amazon) painted last week. In this composition I've merged stone buildings as seen on a trip to Europe and combined flower pots here and there. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

An Outdoor Cafe

6x6 watercolor in Masters Touch sketchbook (paper 80 lb.) done last week from one of my outdoor cafe photos. I did crop it to focus more on the people and umbrellas in this cheerful landscape town scene. COPYRIGHT 2023 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

Distant Town

6.5x4.5 watercolor on 140 lb cold press Grumbacher paper done last week, another imaginary town in the distance. So many different buildings in so many different sizes for all the people. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Rainy Street

8.5x5.5 watercolor on Masters paper using White Nights paints done week before last, an imaginary town scene featuring people with umbrellas and reflections on a rainy day. 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

Twilight in the City

15x11 watercolor and gouache on Fabriano 140 lb rough paper done a few days ago of an imaginary city street at twilight. I first painted it in watercolor and was not reading right so put mostly white, peach, blue and pale yellow gouache washes over it. Highlights are the street lights glow and reflections. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

English Storefronts

16x12 watercolor on Italia 140 lb cold press paper done this afternoon for a timed event online.  I did crop other buildings from this townscape in England, focusing mainly upon the abundant flowers decorating the street and storefronts.  It was painted wet on dry.
COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Japanese Street

8.5x11.5 mixed media on matboard finished yesterday, a street scene in Japan.  Magic colored pencils used to sketch followed by Caran D' Ache watersoluble wax crayons and acrylics as top layer.  Since I lived in Japan several months this subject matter was just perfect.  The women talking under their parasols gives this a cozy and friendly touch.
COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2019.

Black Friday ~ Girls Just Wanna Shop!

8x5.5 watercolor and ink 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 for black Friday, the busiest day of the marketing season.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

New Orleans Skinny Building

11x7 watercolor done last week of October, a street scene in New Orleans, on Kilimanjaro 140 lb cold press paper and Daniel Smith paints.  There were no figures in the photo so I added a lone guy at the doorway of the skinny building.  Ref courtesy Valri/Wet Canvas.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Old Western Storefront

3.5x5 watercolor and ink line (Micron 03 pen) on Canson 140 lb cold press paper, an imaginary old wild western town building scene.  I enjoy painting dilapidated wooden boards and fences of a bygone era.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Going Downtown cityscape

8x8 watercolor over India ink line sketch begun yesterday then color added today from this scene of women going shopping.  Figures can be seen in the distance in this imaginary scene. I used a wooden chopstick to do the sketch.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Downtown

9x6.25 watercolor pencil sketch with watercolor done over the weekend on Lanaquarelle 140 lb hot press paper.  The photo from downtown somewhere had to be finished in 2 hour time limit so my painting time was one hour, 10 minutes.  I liked the cute couple holding hands wearing their green and red complementary colors while a guy seated on the right past the hotel sign was watching them stroll along.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Downtown Doors

10.25x9 watercolor and ink on paper done in 2016 from an older photograph I shot in downtown Big Spring.  Using Lamy Safari pen and grey Noodler's ink I got the two doors centered then added windows, wood trim, then bricks.  These doors face west and ground floor of the old building was an antique store with living quarters upstairs.  Walls were painted a pale warm beige unlike the painting showing reddish brown, and no flower pots or plants exist.  This same building houses the former Alberto's Crystal Cafe to its east side on 2nd Street.
COPYRIGHT Kay Smith.