Union Street House

12x9 watercolor and ink (Pigma Micron 01 pen) done today on accounting paper, a sketch done for Sketchbook Skool, on location for Polishing course.  This old white stucco house is on Union Street here in town and has been abandoned many years.  I love the old crumbling roof shingles above the rusty screen door.  From boarded up windows to its sagging front the only life now to be seen are passing birds and an occasional car.  The old accounting book or ledger paper or is actually from our union so it was most appropriate for this subject.
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith

Kerrville Antiques

22x15 watercolor on Winsor Newton 140 lb cold press paper done awhile ago from an old antique store between Ingram and Kerrville, TX.  I used to take off a week each summer to the hill country and study with Ken Hosmer who taught me the secrets of watercolor at their arts foundation.  There are so many unique places to see and photograph and this stone house was begging to be painted.
Image COPYRIGHT Kay Smith.

Cottage House Doorway

15x11 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper of a white brick cottage style home located in east Texas I photographed in 2009.  Garden flowers are imaginary as it was in January with no sun, just cold temps.  I featured this house portrait on a WetCanvas contest this month in the Watermedia forum where I am a moderator.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2014 Kay Smith.

Golden Cottage - house portrait

15x22 watercolor on Langton 140 lb CP paper with Daniel Smith paints done over the past 2 weeks as a commissioned house portrait in Australia.  Almost dead center is their lovely jacaranda tree with its delicate lilac colored blossoms and rose garden in the foreground.  This work is SOLD.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2013 Kay Smith.