Aspens and Feathers

12x12 oil/cold wax on gessoed wood panel done last Saturday at a class on using cold wax plus oil. Primaries were mixed with a 3:1 ratio of wax and Galkyd gel, then layered on the support or substrate. Bowl scraper, palette knife, silicone brush, cut credit card edge, etc.,were all used to make pattern first on the transparent colors of alizarin crimson and phthalo blue. Next layer was opaques for this abstract desert themed imaginary piece. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Spirit Trails

9x12 oil/cold wax on gessoed wood panel done last Saturday at a class on using cold wax plus oil. Primaries were mixed with a 3:1 ratio of wax and Galkyd gel, then layered on the support or substrate. Bowl scraper, silicone brush, cut credit card edge, etc.,were all used to make pattern first on the transparent colors of alizarin crimson and phthalo blue. Next layer was opaques including pink. Also I collaged 2-3 small areas of stamped tissue for this abstract desert themed imaginary painting. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Desert Rhythm

8x8 oil/cold wax on canvas board done last Saturday at a class on using cold wax plus oil. Primaries were mixed with a 3:1 ratio of wax and Galkyd gel, then layered on the support or substrate. Bowl scraper, silicone brush, cut credit card edge, etc.,were all used to make pattern first on the transparent colors of alizarin crimson and phthalo blue. Next layer was opaques for this abstract desert themed imaginary piece. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Sheep Skull

6x6 mixed media on gessoed sketchbook paper from Masters sketchbook done today; sketched with an Elegant Writer pen the dark areas first then entire skull. Brusho wc crystals in grey color plus watercolor for background was done to complete the still life. The old skull was photographed in an antique store. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Egg Bowl

4.5x9 acrylic monochromatic still life using Pewter Grey color plus a small amount of white for this simple kitchen or food still life. Eggs easy to set up in a white bowl then focus only on the midtone and dark areas of shadow. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Fuchsia Fun Poppy

8x8 watercolor on Masters Touch premium 140 lb cold press paper painted over pencil sketch done last week for a fuchsia floral challenge. It was easy to choose this beautiful poppy; ref courtesy Dewi. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Fifteen Minute Horse

6x6 watercolor over pencil sketch in Masters Touch sketchbook, 80 lb. paper done over the past weekend as a timed exercise. Participants have 2 hours to select an image then render it. I chose to sketch then paint it and time was 15 minutes. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith