January Birches

11x8.5 watercolor on paper, a quick demo done week before last to show how to color this particular type of bark using a #1 rigger or script liner brush and lots of water. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Twisted Trees

9x6.5 watercolor on 140 lb cold press Grumbacher paper done last week; ref courtesy Maureen/WetCanvas Floral and Botanical forum challenge for this month. I used Gansai Tambi graphite colors.

White Trees in Snow

7x5 watercolor and white wax crayon resist on 140 lb cold press paper by Langton/Daler Rowney.  I made random vertical lines then negatively painted a few tree shapes leaving the white of the paper for this imaginary landscape.  Some scraping for branches done with brush bevel tip.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2013 Kay Smith.

The Forest for the Trees

15x11 watercolor on Strathmore 140 lb cold press paper finished tonight.  This exercise in negative painting has 6 levels, beginning at the front row of trees and stepping up as you work towards the last one.  Its title is actually "I Can't See the Forest for the Trees", which may well be my state of mind on a good day.  I felt like celebrating autumn with this weekend's cold front, the cats cuddled up in their flannel pet beds, and the smell of pizza.  It was a good afternoon to spend painting.  When dry, I splattered new gamboge, transparent pyrrol orange, and Prussian blue.