Lily Lantern

6x6 watercolor using White Nights paints on Master's Touch 80 lb sketchbook done first week of July. Ref courtesy of Cindy in the Watercolor Studio forum of WetCanvas! online challenge. I enjoyed the yellow orange tiger lilies and day lilies growing by the garden lantern and had to omit several to focus more on the lantern. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Wheelbarrow Whispers

11x15 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper done of an imaginary wheelbarrow and its surrounding floral garden.

COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

White Cat and Potting Bench

22x15 watercolor of an imaginary gardening scene in which I put a white cat.  This has all the ingredients in a painting I love such as flowers, clay pots, annuals, watering cans, cats and tools.  Hollyhocks and geraniums have found their way into the composition as well.  It is painted on 140 lb cold press paper/Daniel Smith paints.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Pink Coneflower with Black & Red Butterfly

7.5x5 watercolor and ink line with Micron 01 pen done this weekend while in the cool mountains.  Support used:  Moleskine sketchbook for watercolor with Daniel Smith paints.
Image COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2015.

Timeless Brilliance

12x9 watercolor garden statue scene that is part imagination and part fantasy.  I've included tall hollyhocks to go with the figure for a dreamy timeless brilliance.
COPYRIGHT 2013 Kay Smith.

Garden Gate Roses

24x18 watercolor on Canson Montval 140 lb cold press block finished yesterday after working on it over a week.
Love the combination of old heavy gothic style ornamental gate paired with soft velvety roses.  This is for an April WetCanvas garden gate challenge in which we must include flowers as well as a gate on the Florals/Botanical forum.  Daniel Smith paints for the most part were used painting wet on dry.

Old Goat Cart

22x15 watercolor painted wet in wet on Saunders 300 lb cold press paper from an old New Mexico scene in a southwest style patio.  The cart was loaded with potted plants and vividly colored annuals such as geraniums.  I particularly like the long diagonal shadows of the vigas.

Garden Nook

10 3/4 x 16 inches, watercolor on 300 lb Saunders paper, a totally imaginary scene of a quiet place to sit, read, or rest awhile.  My basket of roses and straw hat are on the old concrete bench while a trellis supports other garden plants and flowers.