Across the Moors

6x6 watercolor in sketchbook 80 lb paper done last week, another imaginary abstract landscape; I was imagining how the moors might look if you were gazing across. A limited palette of Payne's gray, Perylene maroon, and quinacridone gold was used. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Broken Fence

7x9 watercolor using White Nights paints on 80 lb sketchbook paper done last week as part of another online challenge on WetCanvas! in the Watercolor forum. Ref courtesy CMorPaint and is a scene in Canada. I took the liberty of altering the fence rails as they were straight in the photo. Most artists know to provide a way into a composition rather than block viewers out with a full fence. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Snow Covered Road

5.5x8.5 watercolor on Canson 117 lb cold press paper using White Nights paints; this imaginary winter snow landscape was painted last week before Thanksgiving. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

November Town

November Town 5.5x8.5 watercolor on Master's Touch sketchbook paper 80 lb done last week or so ago for an online challenge for landscapes. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2024

Stormy Prairie Skies

6x6 watercolor in Master's Touch sketchbook done last weekend, another imaginary landscape scene with boisterous clouds over the prairie land. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Road to Home

2x4.25 watercolor miniature done week before last, an imaginary road leading to home wherever that may be for you or for me. This is on 140 lb cold press paper/Daniel Smith paints. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Peaceful Countryside

7x9 watercolor in Masters Touch sketchbook on 80 lb paper done last week, an imaginary scene of the peaceful and quiet countryside. From farmland to grassland it is quiet in the country. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Rain Chance

6x6 watercolor of an imaginary landscape scene done last week in sketchbook on 80 lb paper (Masters Touch). I've worked quickly using a #10 synthetic round brush and Daniel Smith paints. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Threatening Rain

6x6 watercolor on 80 lb Masters Touch sketchbook paper done last week using mostly Moonglow paint by Daniel Smith. This hue is made of three colors: Anthraquinone red, viridian, and ultramarine blue. Due to its granulation properties it is a favorite for clouds. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Sudden Rainstorm

7x9 watercolor done earlier on last day or so of May, an imaginary cloud and rain scene popping up to shower over parched land. Pray for rain! COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Hotel Lamp

9x7 watercolor over pencil sketch of an iron lamp mounted on a hotel wall painted yesterday in Masters Touch 80 lb paper sketchbook. I enjoy painting architecture and street lamps also. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Mountain Lake Sunrise

7x9 watercolor on Masters Touch 80 lb sketchbook paper done last week, the last painting of 2023. I used White Nights paints to do this sunrise focused landscape from my mountain series refs. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Barn Sunset

7x9 watercolor on Masters Touch 80 lb paper done last week or so ago from one of my many barn reference photos. Here the sun is slowly going down on the country farm landscape and its light can be seen through the open spaces in the barn's frame. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Plains Rainstorm

4.25x7.25 watercolor on 140 lb wc paper, an imaginary brewing thunderstorm as it rolls across the Great Plains. That would be a welcome sight right now! COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Flash Waterfall

9x6 watercolor on Grumbacher 140 lb cold press paper done last week for a WetCanvas watercolor challenge. White Nights paints used and ref courtesy Doug Elliot. This is a flash waterfall following a night of rain on the moors at Buckden near Kettlewell in the Yorkshire Dales (UK). COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Clouds over Signal Mountain

8x12 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper done last week in my landscape series. This one features our own Signal Mountain, an imaginary cloud filled sky and interesting terrain with some water present. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Tree Connection

18x12 watercolor on Strathmore 140 lb cold press paper done last week, a glimpse of an imaginary forest, rocks, stream and trees in this landscape. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Mediterranean House

12x9 watercolor on Grumbacher 140 lb cold press paper done last week, an imaginary white stucco home I've decided looks like the Mediterranean style. With a few flower pots it could actually be anywhere. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Green Hills

11x7.5 watercolor on Arches 140 lb cold press paper, an exercise in negative painting in a landscape. Each layer was carefully planned and reminds me of desert canyons. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Backcountry Barn

12x9 watercolor on Fluid 140 lb cold press paper, an imaginary country scene of a rundown old barn. The rocky landscape foreground was fun to paint wet in wet in layers as was the middle ground. The fence is still up so suppose someone is running cattle. Storm clouds are building up overhead. When dry, splattering was done for textural effects. COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith.