Monday, August 31, 2020

Green Dragonfly

8x8 watercolor on Masters Premium paper 140 lb cold press finished yesterday, another in my dragonfly series. Its vibrant green body blends in with the grasses surrounding this flying insect. COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Sunday, August 30, 2020

August Dragonfly

6x12 watercolor of a contemporary winged insect, the lovely dragonfly, done with a #1 rigger/script liner brush on 140 lb Strathmore cold press paper, wet on dry, a few days ago. I will be painted this subject again. COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Saturday, August 29, 2020

Orange Dragonfly

8x8 watercolor of a lone orange dragonfly as it lights on a flower stem. Wildlife is always exciting to paint and explore the world they inhabit. This is another ongoing insect in my dragonfly series so stay tuned. COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Friday, August 28, 2020

Colored Hair

8.25x5.25 mixed media in junk journal using Brusho, watercolor, Micron 05 pen, and collage done last weekend, a fun exercise of elaborating on a hairstyle that has gone out of style, or has it? It is enjoyable to do wild women and their hair and wardrobes. COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Thursday, August 27, 2020

Helen's Peony

12x9 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done over the past week in another WetCanvas challenge of 2 hours time limit; my time was about 50 minutes to paint this floral, a red peony, of Helen's. COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Wednesday, August 26, 2020

California Poppy Cluster in Junk Journal

8.25x5.25 mixed media using colored pencils, watercolor, collage over gesso on junk journal page. I used California poppies images of mine to do this art. COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Chickadee Eating Sunflower Seeds

5.25x8.25 ink sketch in my junk journal using STA Lictin 05 pen on an old page sprayed with Tim Holtz antique stain. I used the brush pen of STA Lictin to get the blackest areas of the sketch done. This is another in my chickadee series. COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

A Little Sparrow Told Me

8x10 watercolor collage done first of this month, another in my birds with words series. They literally fly off the wall. Book text accom...