Adobe Shadows

12x9 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper sketched this weekend then finished yesterday in the studio.  The adobe sits in New Mexico and could not resist the ladder shadows and building side shadows in that amazing light that exists only there.
Image COPYRIGHT 2017 Kay Smith.

Drowsy Donkey

15x11 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper that is today's work.  Since doing the cactus yesterday and another recent donkey in a hot southwestern setting I am still in the mood. My photo was black and white so did not follow local color for the animal's markings which were dark, medium, light brown, white, touch of black.  Background of hay was eliminated, substituting an imaginary southwestern building with tile roof and a flat raw sienna color dirt for the middle ground.  Now the hot sun can be imagined baking all that sits underneath, making the pinto donkey drowsy.
Image COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Chile Adobe Condos

15x11 watercolor and India ink on 140 lb cold press paper of Southwest adobe style buildings, an imaginary painting done in vivid desert colors.  This work is SOLD.
Image COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Mission Gate

11x15 watercolor on Kilimanjaro 140 lb cold press paper, another daily painting, simple and imaginary scene of the southwest.  We just need a couple of donkeys to make it complete.