Vertical Seascape

9x2 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper done last month, a vertical miniature that can be framed or used as a nice bookmark. This was inspired by other seascapes I have painted and is imaginary. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Beachfront Property

21.75 x 16.5 watercolor on Italia 140 lb soft press paper. This is a crop from a horizontal beach seascape with major elements rearranged, such as removing the picket fence that went straight across, parallel to the bottom, a compositional no-no! The scene had brush, grass, and branches throughout so those were edited and omitted. Now the viewer can walk in and go towards the next dune, the water, or the houses distant upper left. All I drew with pencil were the houses and large foliage upper right; all else is done with a brush. Sure wish I was there on this beachfront property. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith

Uncharted ~ day 20 #inktober2024

4x6 ink using Micron 01 pen in Joggles sketchbook for day 20 of #inktober2024; I tried to make a rugged landscape that had not been settled, more or less still in the wild. Watercolors using White Nights paints was completed last week. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Set Sail in September

9x6 gouache and acrylic gouache on 140 lb cold press Canson paper done last week, a small maritime seascape with sailboat, wind, and water. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Gull Alert

6x9 watercolor done on 70 lb paper in sketchbook towards the end of August while on a trip (ref courtesy another artist) using White Nights paints. I cropped out most of the other parts of the photo to focus on the seagull close up. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Pending Rain

6x6 watercolor in Masters Touch 80 lb sketchbook, another imaginary rain clouds skyscape over water. This was a quick and short demo for my class on clouds recently. Last night we did have rain at home. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Bay Clouds

6x6 watercolor on paper in Masters Touch sketchbook paper done week before last, another imaginary cloud painting over water in the bay. A storm might be brewing by the looks of this menacing sky. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2024

Beach Breaker ~ It's World Watercolor Month!

9x6 watercolor on Fabriano Bristol 100 smooth paper begun yesterday and done today, just in time for July 1 as World Watercolor Month. Every July watercolorists all over the globe focus on their chosen medium. We will try not to disappoint. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Striped Beach Chairs in Junk Journal

Striped Beach Chairs in junk journal 5.5x8 using Stabilo woody colored pencils and watercolor over partly gessoed page in "new" junk journal I began several months back. In the 1940s nonfiction book there are many such small sketches or mixed media designs. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Blue Green Sea

7x9 watercolor in Masters sketchbook 80 lb paper done last month, another imaginary seascape featuring mostly blue hues and mixes of greens. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Sky and Sea

7x9 watercolor on 80 lb sketchbook paper in Masters Touch, an imaginary seascape done last week using a high horizon line above the waves. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

High Tide

4x4.75 watercolor on paper marine scape, another imaginary view of the ocean or sea as I've been doing lately. This one was created last week showing a high tide arriving on the beach. A moody sky presents itself over the water. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Endless Ocean

6x6 mixed media on Masters Touch sketchbook 80 lb paper done over the past weekend, another imaginary ocean or sea scene aka marinescape. Media used: watercolor, gouache, and acrylic gouache. Mostly the acrylic gouache used was white for the foam on the water. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Palm Fronds over Beach

6x6 watercolor using White Nights paints in Masters Touch sketchbook, 80 lb. paper, done last week during our annual art tour. In this imaginary beach or ocean scene, dark shadowed palm leaf fronds sway in the breeze. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Beach Storm Approaching

6x6 watercolor on Masters Touch sketchbook 80 lb paper done last weekend, another imaginary beach scene but this time with stormy dark clouds moving in covering the land and water as well. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Beach Sunrise

6x6 watercolor of imaginary beach scene in Masters Touch sketchbook, 80 lb paper, done a few days ago last week. Sea oats and other debris line the edge of the sand as one approaches the water at sunrise. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Tide Rolling In

6x6 watercolor using brush only, no pencil sketch first, of an imaginary beach and ocean scene. This was done last week in my Masters Touch sketchbook 80 lb paper. When dry splatters were done to mimic shells and rocks in the beach sand. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Booming Surf

6x6 quickie, brush only, done yesterday afternoon in about 20 minutes using a 1″ flat synthetic sable Liquitex brush and Daniel Smith watercolors. The surf is pounding the shore in this imaginary marine scape. When dry splatters using sepia and a mix of neutrals including Cheap Joe’s Coastal Fog completed the miniature 6×6″ in my Masters Touch sketchbook, 80 lb. paper. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Surf's Up!

17x40.5 acrylics on gessoed board done last week along with Yvette St. Amant's online Intermediate Abstracts course. Layering of colors was emphasized and I used white, cream, bisque, navy, medium grey, mint green. Mine was done in a horizontal format rather than vertical as this is going inside a bathroom window. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Boat Ashore

5.5x8.5 watercolor using White Nights paints done this past week, an imaginary scene with a boat sitting empty on the beach. This is on Masters Touch 80 lb. paper. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith