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

Back in Arizona

22x15 watercolor with Daniel Smith paints on Arches 140 lb cold press paper painted recently wet in wet. This is the side of a hotel front we stayed at often in the Phoenix area on work trips. I loved the huge yucca and its shadows and the contrast of the hotel's white stucco against a painterly sky. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Desert Icons Study in Mixed Media

11x8.5 mixed media using colored pencils, watercolor and gouache on paper in sketchbook, a quick study of an old imaginary mission with saguaro cactus I've painted before a few times. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Cuddly Colts

6x6 watercolor on Masters Touch 80 lb paper in sketchbook done last weekend for another WetCanvas online challenge. These two colts had amazing colors of their coats and it was not easy to mix them to look realistic. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Revelation ~ reworked Trumpet of the Lord

22x15 watercolor and gouache done in May, a reworked scene that was an ascending angel above trees. It is now a mission with stormy skies, white doves, clouds and a foreboding that reminded me of the words in Revelation. I kept the trees at the bottom foreground. This is on 140 lb cold press paper. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Cactus Melee

6x6 watercolor, Brusho using olive and moss greens plus grey, and India ink in Masters Touch sketchbook done in May, another in my imaginary cactus series working wet into wet and applying line if needed. With this one ink lines were quickly sketched in first then color followed when dry. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Plentiful Prickly Pear

6x6 watercolor and India ink in Masters Touch sketchbook done in May, another in my imaginary cactus series working wet into wet and applying line if needed. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith