Watercan Tulips

7x9 watercolor and ink on sketchbook 80 lb paper done a couple weeks ago using my watering can collection and silk tulips for inspiration. Sketched with Micron 01 black ink, pigments used were White Nights paints. A fun exercise thinking of spring when it is still winter. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Garden Tools

5.5x8.5 watercolor and fineliner grey ink pen on mixed media sketchbook done a few weeks ago as part of a challenge online; photo courtesy WetCanvas. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Almost Bloomsday Again!

15x22 watercolor on Italia Acquerello 140 cold press paper of my old antique watering can surrounded by happy faces of the sherbet-hued pansies. Just waiting to be planted and watered before spring starts two weeks from this Thursday, March 6th. This garden scene was painted from life. COPYRIGHT 2025 Kay Smith

Watercan, Hat and Plants

6.5x9.25 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press done today, a gardening still life composed of old hat, old watering can, spade, and pots of annuals such as geraniums, petunias, daisies, etc. Now this should put everyone in a spring planting mood. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Garden Tools and Flowers

12x12 watercolor on 140 lb cold press Masters paper completed today of a garden still life complete with a butterfly.  The old yellow chair holds a watercan of tools while the blue metal can holds freshly cut annuals and flowering tree blooms.
COPYRIGHT Kay Smith

White Cat and Potting Bench

22x15 watercolor of an imaginary gardening scene in which I put a white cat.  This has all the ingredients in a painting I love such as flowers, clay pots, annuals, watering cans, cats and tools.  Hollyhocks and geraniums have found their way into the composition as well.  It is painted on 140 lb cold press paper/Daniel Smith paints.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Watercan Daffodils

4x6 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done yesterday afternoon, an imaginary garden still life using my old metal watering can and early daffodils.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Garden Gear Supervisor

 

6x6 watercolor and ink line wash on Masters paper done on Friday for a WetCanvas challenge.  When almost through I added the tabby cat under the bench supervising the gardening chores.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2014 Kay Smith..

Chickadee with Watercan and Pansies - Demo

11x15 watercolor floral still life with bird and watering can, a demo done last night for Brownfield Art Association.  I had previously drawn the composition that featured my old metal watercan and fresh pansies, photographed a few years ago.  The chickadee was added as if he just flew by and stopped to check out the Spring colorful annuals, and will fit nicely into my series.  This was a timed demonstration of one hour, wet on dry using Canson 140 lb paper with Daniel Smith paints.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2014 Kay Smith.

Birds on Watering Can

12x18.5 watercolor on Winsor Newton 140 lb hot press paper, another one of my imaginary garden scenes using my old metal can.  Years ago I paid $65 for the old watercan and have used it in many scenes and still life.  Colors used:  Quinacridone burnt orange, quin gold, arylide yellow, cobalt teal blue, Carbazole violet by Daniel Smith.

Ranunculus with Watering Can

15x22 watercolor on handmade rough 140 lb cold press paper; Daniel Smith paints of an old watering can, gloves, and other gardening tools on an old potting shed wooden table.  This was painted wet in wet.

Collage Beginning Stages

The canvas is slanted but maybe you can still see its beginnings of the line drawing and adherence of torn paper scraps in dark gray for the metal watering can. Next I tackled the background which was to be white. Susie taught us that white paper needs to be white on both sides and she uses some photo paper that she scribbles or doodles on. At upper left mine is too gray and is the wrong value for white so later had to collage over that.

Ranunculus with Garden Tools

15x22 watercolor on handmade rough paper, 140 lb cold press, of a handful of pink and yellow rununculus with scissors, fork, glove, and one of my old watering cans.

Bloomsday

15x22 watercolor on Italia Acquerello 140 cold press paper of my old antique watering can surrounded by happy faces of the sherbet-hued pansies. Just waiting to be planted and watered, so I call this one "Bloomsday". Have a

bright Spring everybody!!!