Frosty Morning Cabin

12x9 watercolor that is a previous scene. All the trees and end of log cabin are imaginary and were drawn loosely first. I put in pale washes diagonally across the sky using Prussian blue as it is a cool blue unlike others.  Background trees had to be softer and out of focus. Aspens and other foreground trees painted last as was the frozen water in immediate foreground.  By trial and error I did stumble upon a neat trick to painting masses of leaves that works better than anything.  Just lay your rigger (script liner) brush fully loaded across damp or dry paper and twist it; don't use its pointed tip.  It will be horizontal, almost flat.  This is painted on Canson 140 lb cold press paper.
COPYRIGHT Kay Smith

Snowy Cabin

12x10.5 watercolor on 140 lb Kilimanjaro cold press paper done last week or so in the series of lodge and wildlife art.  An imaginary cozy cabin in the snow, you can see the sky is trying to clear and the birds are out flying or seeking food.  A set of tire tracks marks the foreground and that with the birds marks the only signs of life in this winter landscape.
Image COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.