House with Laundry

5.5x8.5 watercolor using White Nights paints done last week; ref courtesy another artist for online challenge in watermedia. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Porch Patriotism

12x9 watercolor vignette on Canson 140 lb cold press paper recently done actually on Independence Day. My photo and painting was inspired by all the US flags we saw flying in the Denver neighborhood earlier. White Nights paints were used in this wet on dry town house scene. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Hollyhock House

Hollyhock House 15x22 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper partially done wet in wet of an imaginary country summer home surrounded by hollyhock garden with more plants. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Two Story White House

8x6 watercolor on paper done yesterday over a pencil sketch for a timed online weekend drawing event on WetCanvas. I have not done a house portrait in awhile so this was fun (no ruler). Unknown paper was difficult to work with from an unused sketchbook gift. Autumn had begun according to the reference as a pile of leaves was seen by front porch. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Wash Day on Yupo

15x11 watercolor on synthetic paper Yupo of a country house with the laundry wash on the clothesline, an imaginary scene that says all is quiet out in the rural area.  I placed a large tree to the left and other foliage behind the white farm house with a lush green grass lawn in the foreground.
COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Sunflower House

6x6 watercolor and ink on Masters paper.  I had previously drawn this scene in my sketchbook but never did any more work on it.  The stylized look of the sunflowers or poppies gives the imaginary house a fresh appeal.  With high temps daily now we are all ready for flowers, sunshine, and blue skies.
COPYRIGHT  Kay Smith.

Wedding Day 1935

12x6 watercolor on Strathmore 140 lb CP done today for an online challenge.  This is another artist's (Susan) mother on May Day.  Ref was in black and white so color had to be improvised as well as the lawn and rosebush beside the house.  To me her mom might have been wearing a wedding dress, hence the title, but the year was 1935.
COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Foxgloves House Garden

22X15 watercolor on 140 lb cold press Saunders paper, an imaginary foxgloves and assorted flowers house garden.  The house was from another photo taken in east Texas.
COPYRIGHT 2018 Kay Smith.

Laundry Day

9x6 watercolor drawn yesterday then painted today in between bouts of flooding rain.  So this sunny subject in Nassau was perfect.  It was a WetCanvas weekend drawing event hosted by Li Newton who lives off and on there on the island.  Support used is Canson 140 lb cold press paper/Daniel Smith paints.
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith.

Sunflower House

6x6 watercolor and ink on Masters paper painted today.  I had previously drawn this scene in my sketchbook but never did any more work on it.  The stylized look of the sunflowers or poppies gives the imaginary house a fresh appeal.  With temps in the 80s today we are all ready for flowers, sunshine, and blue skies.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.