Three Red Pears

6.75x9.5 gouache watercolor on dictionary page done a few days ago from a fruit still life set up.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Key Lime Slice

 

Watercolor and ink line in my sketchbook of a slice of yummy lime pie with graham cracker crust. Image COPYRIGHT 2018 Kay Smith

 



Wino Chef

9x12 mixed media collage on Canson XL watercolor paper done this afternoon. Sketched with Micron 05 pen on a backing sheet for smaller works, the face and scarf was what I concentrated on, as the figurine I used to photograph him had him on a little bicycle. I first painted him in watercolor, then used a black and white Montana acrylic marker, then white acrylic on his chef jacket. Collage is bar and restaurant ad texts adhered with Liquitex matte medium.  Note the bloodshot eyes.
Image COPYRIGHT 2017 Kay Smith

Happy Holstein ~ torn paper collage on canvas

16x20 torn paper collage on wrapped canvas completed today after two days of working on it.  Another in my funky contemporary cow series, this black & white cow seems to be eyeing a bird close by.  This is my first collage featuring a cow.  After the sides are done, I will apply gloss medium varnish several times to seal it and make it shiny.
Image COPYRIGHT 2017 Kay Smith

House Down the Street

9x12 watercolor using brush only of a southwestern style house down the street in New Mexico.  With its red tile roof and surround pines, spruce and evergreen trees, it is very attractive.  This house portrait shows its white stucco well against the surrounding landscape.
Image COPYRIGHT 2017 Kay Smith.

Daydreaming Cat

6x9 watercolor by Kay Smith COPYRIGHT 2017

Caviar Chef - torn paper collage on canvas

12x12 torn paper collage on wrapped canvas that was auctioned today to benefit United Way in Big Spring, TX.
I made this fellow a few years ago using glossy magazine pages, and am so glad he got a new home.
Image COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2011.

Purple Bench and Flowers

22x15 watercolor on Yupo from an older photo of my studio front.  At that time windowboxes were full of flowers and pots were all around the purple bench.
Image COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Alcohol Inks - Sunflower vignette

15x11 acrylic inks on 140 lb cold pressed Canson paper, brush only-no pencil, done this afternoon. It is my first time to use FW brand; I only bought 3 primaries plus black. This medium is pigmented and lightfast as well as water resistant. Pens, dip pens, or brushes can be used as well as airbrushes. The look resembles watercolor in its appearance on paper being transparent and translucent. I do think they are more vibrant than watercolor. Definitely will use them again. With just the primaries I was able to get a full range of hues.  If you want a more opaque look then add a bit of white to your pigments.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Chipping Sparrow

6x4 watercolor and ink line (Tombow brush pen/Pigma Micron 01) done recently on a magazine card insert, a common chipping sparrow on a Spring flowering branch.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Sophisto-cat

12x9 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper, a recent cat pet portrait done a few days ago.  I painted this in a direct manner wet on dry.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Ruffled Poppies

15x22 watercolor painted from silk poppies and cosmos arrangement I set up by interior room shutters at home.
Image is COPYRIGHT Kay Smith.

Happy New Year! Leslie Saeta's 30 in 30 CHALLENGE

Here is day 2, Happy New Year, for this month's 30 paintings in 30 days which actually was posted yesterday.  For day 1 I posted New Year's Eve; you all have seen these on my personal blog already so it looks like am a day behind, lol! Thanks to Leslie Saeta for sharing her blog again with so many artists.  I did her first 30 day challenge but have not since participated.
Having fun with Sketchbook Skool, too, that will restart soon.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Frozen Riverbanks

7x5 watercolor winter landscape done a few seasons ago that is now SOLD.
All my artist friends, especially the Caboose gals, know landscapes are not my forte'.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2012 Kay Smith.

Some Sketchbook Skool Work

9x12 watercolor and ink line on Cheap Joe's sketchbook paper done last week from life for an assignment with online Sketchbook Skool.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2014 Kay Smith.

Sunflower Bucket

18x12 watercolor now on display at Ft. Worth's Society of Watercolor Artists current membership show.  Along with another painting, Got My Goat, they'll remain at the public library there for a month.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2014 Kay Smith.

Ripe Cherries

2.5x3.5 watercolor on 140 lb cold press Langton paper, done this week with brush only, no pencil drawing first. These luscious cherries are just waiting for you! Miniatures such as this one are also called artist trading cards or Artist Cards Editions & Originals.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2014 Kay Smith.

Mason Jar Poppies ACEO

3.5x2.5 watercolor and ink line with Pigma Micron 01 pen and Daniel Smith paints on 140 lb cold press Langton paper, done yesterday.  An art card, or ACEO (art cards, editions & originals) has to be the same small dimensions.  It is fun to paint in a miniature format and who doesn't love putting a few blooms inside an old canning jar in the summertime?
Image is COPYRIGHT 2014 Kay Smith.

Cosmos Charisma

15x11 watercolor painted last year and is SOLD.
Image COPYRIGHT 2013 Kay Smith.

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

5.75 x 8.5 gouache and ink (Pigma 01 and medium fine tip Sharpie pens) on Color Sketch buff colored paper done today. An imaginary group of hussies and floozies decorate the fun composition, just a mishmash of mamas getting ready to party.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2014 Kay Smith.