Evergreen Frost

7x9.5 watercolor and white crayon done week before last in Ecosystem sketchbook, an imaginary winter landscape. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Tree on Snowbanks

12x6 watercolor and Brusho on Strathmore 140 lb. cold press paper, painted last week, an imaginary scene in winter. The Brusho adds another dimension to the texture I usually need to express. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Icy Wind

9x12 watercolor, gouache, and white wax crayon painted yesterday for a quickie winter landscape.  I used a limited palette of sepia, indigo, quinacridone violet for primaries and just a touch of ultramarine and phthalo green in the windy sky.  This is on Canson XL 140 lb cold press paper using the back side which is slicker allowing the pigments to run and mix.
COPYRIGHT 2017 Kay Smith   Email:  1971ks@att.net to purchase via PayPal

Bare Branches Winter House ~ day 10 of 30 paintings in 30 days challenge

10x14 watercolor on 140 lb hot press paper that is featured for day 10 today on Leslie Saeta's 30 day challenge. Since mostly white snow against a white frame house the background and some modeling of the trees and windows was all that was necessary.
Image COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2017.

Old Christmas Tractor

12x9 watercolor of an old broken down farm tractor in the snow.  I've put a wreath on its front.  Background trees were negatively painted.
COPYRIGHT 2009 Kay Smith.

Snow Dog

11x15 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper, drawn and painted today.  An imaginary background and foreground were put in to go with my white dog photo that was actually a water scene.  An upcoming exhibition  theme is animals in snow, hence the winter environment and landscape.  I love to paint white subjects in watercolor.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2014 Kay Smith.

Tree Line Snow

5x7 watercolor of an imaginary snowy landscape with a tree line in distant background and one lone trunk in the foreground.
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Image is COPYRIGHT 2013 Kay Smith.

Sierra Shadows

5.5 x 7 watercolor on Strathmore 140 lb cold press paper from one of my Lincoln National Forest Sierra Blanca photos.  It was started yesterday and finished today.  This was an autumn snowfall a few years ago and I'd hiked to the top with my camera looking for subjects to paint.  Plein air that morning was too cold!