Almost Fall Aspen

8.5x2.75 watercolor vertical miniature of tall aspen, an imaginary wooded scene that can be framed as a painting and matted, or used as a bookmark. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Snowy Aspens

6x4 watercolor using White NIghts paints on 80 lb paper in Joggles sketchbook done last week from a photo I took in Ruidoso a few years ago. These aspens are close to the Texas Club restaurant and were covered in deep snow. I used this photo as a lesson on how to paint white subjects for our Monday class. COPYRIGHT 2025 Kay Smith

Decorated December Tree

8.5x5.5 mixed media on Master's Touch 80 lb sketchbook paper done at Christmas while on a short trip to the mountains. I used oil pastels, graphite watercolors, White Nights watercolors, colored pencils, watercolor crayons, and wax crayons with this imaginary decorated tree for the holidays. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Almost Bare Branches

8.5x5.5 watercolor using White Nights paints done about 2 weeks ago; ref courtesy another artist for an online challenge. Her photo had more spring yellow green in the background and here I changed it to late autumn and early winter. This is on Master's Touch sketchbook paper 80 lb. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Frosted Flakes

10.5x7 watermedia on Lanaquarelle 140 lb hot press paper. First I marked tree cone shaped lines with white and grey crayons, then filled in with various watercolors: Raw umber, Coastal Fog, Mint Julep, Midnight Blue, UB, Manganese Blue and Daniel Smith's Undersea Green. While still wet, I dropped more colors in, then splattered white gouache on all of it. It's just a fun one of three trees in snow with their frosted flakes. Merry Christmas! COPYRIGHT Kay Smith

Festive Tree ~ torn paper collage on canvas

10x8 torn paper collage on wrapped canvas done week before last, an evergreen tree in the snow with its shadow in foreground. Lots of fun that usually takes a day or two to accomplish. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Three Aspens Grove

8.5x5.5 watercolor on Canson 117 lb cold press paper with White Nights paints done week before last. I used my photos of a neighbor's aspens and set them in a different landscape setting. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2024

Tree by Snowy Stream

9x6.75 watercolor of a simple imaginary winter snow scene, tree, and frozen water. Even though it is the first day of the Winter Solstice this painting imparts peace and calmness. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Icy Forest

7x9 mixed watermedia in Masters Touch 80 lb paper sketchbook, done last week, another imaginary winter landscape. Here I have begun with acrylic gouache followed by grey Brusho then watercolor, utilizing lots of negative painting to form forest trees. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Pair of Autumn Aspens

12x9 watercolor and Brusho wc crystals on Grumbacher 140 lb cold press paper done week before last, another imaginary tree painting showing close up of their bark. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Springtime Trees

9x12 watercolor on Grumbacher 140 lb cold press paper, an exercise in applying loose springtime colors. I donated this one which I cut into bookmarks and attached blue yarn to our local art association. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Tree Magic

5.25x7.75 alcohol inks on Yupo synthetic paper done last week or so, an experiment using the inks on Yupo with adding and subtracting colors until the tree image appeared. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Dead Tree

5.5x5 mixed media on 140 lb cold press paper using new brush pen of black ink, and Brusho watercolor crystals, a simple exercise with a part of nature as the subject. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

January Birches

11x8.5 watercolor on paper, a quick demo done week before last to show how to color this particular type of bark using a #1 rigger or script liner brush and lots of water. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Twisted Trees

9x6.5 watercolor on 140 lb cold press Grumbacher paper done last week; ref courtesy Maureen/WetCanvas Floral and Botanical forum challenge for this month. I used Gansai Tambi graphite colors.

Outlook Trees

8.25x5.25 mixed media collage in junk journal done last week using gouache and ink for an imaginary scene. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Leaves Turning

4x8 watercolor on Italia 140 lb cold press paper done over last weekend using White Nights paints. In this nature close up of leaves already turning yellow and golden one can imagine autumn or fall is just around the corner. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Summer Tree

4.75x4.5 acrylics and ink over abstract background made by using a brayer to roll on paint. A large tree stamp in black ink used to make the tree shape. Try to celebrate summer before it ends. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

FADING TREE

4.5x4.5 mixed media (acrylics, ink) on Canson 140 lb cold press paper using a tree stamp for design done last week. The paper was a pulled print that had paint rolled on with a brayer, scraped, reapplied, let dry. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Spring Aspens

9.5x7 watercolor done today in Ecosystem sketchbook over a pencil sketch of aspen trees and branches seen on our last trip to the mountains. I mixed Coastal Fog and Titanium White gouache with other yellows and blues, even black, to get the various green shades. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith