Pansy Colors

6x5 watercolor miniature floral featuring purple and white pansies done a few days ago on a scrap of 140 lb cold press paper and White Nights paints. Over a graphite sketch I used a #1 script liner brush in a direct painting style/manner. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Zinnia Bee

9.5x7 watercolor and ink using Faber Castell Pitt pen XS done today on Ecosystem sketchbook with White Nights paints. We can pretend it is summer with these pink zinnias in bloom and hosting the bees again. copyright 2022 Kay Smith

Rievaulx Abbey

7x9.5 watercolor over ink line sketch in Ecosystem sketchbook done yesterday for a WetCanvas watercolor challenge online. The impressive ruins of one of England's most influential Cistercian monasteries, Rievaulx Abbey sits in a tranquil valley on the North York Moors. I have visited only the Tintern Abbey in Wales and painted it a couple of times. I used a STA 0.3 pen and White Night paints. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Fractured Poppies

15x22 watercolor on 140 lb cold press Fabriano paper done last week using one of my pale pink poppy photos, sketching it, then adding various sizes of rectangles. Each division is its own painting. I've done several in this style and it is always a challenge. No color is repeated twice. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Hollyhock Garden Fence

8.5x5.5 watercolor on Masters sketchbook paper done last weekend from one of my hollyhock photos. Sometimes the plants are taller than the fence. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Poppy Unfolding

11x15 watercolor on Fabriano 140 lb cold press paper done yesterday wet in wet using one of my pale pinkish lilac photos. I liked the large pod in its center as if commanding the petals to unfold. COPYRIGHT 2-2-22 Kay Smith

Barn Nestled in Snow

2.5x6 watercolor miniature painted yesterday, an imaginary barn winter scene on Grumbacher 140 lb cold press paper using White Nights and Daniel Smith pigments. Splattering with white gouache was applied when dry. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith