Paris Cafes

7x9 watercolor over ink line sketch on paper in sketchbook done last weekend for another WetCanvas Weekend Drawing Event as hosted by Maureen. I used STA Lictin 0.3 and 0.5 ink pens in Masters Touch book which was about 1 hour. Adding color later made the cafe scene on a Paris street come alive in this cityscape. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Hanging Lamp

9×12 watercolor and Brusho on Grumbacher 140 lb cold press paper sketched yesterday then painted today from some of my cityscape street lamp photos. The old stone and stucco walls accent the lamp or light metal well. Dry brush and use of black Brusho were put in at the end for textural effects. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Rainy Street

8.5x5.5 watercolor on Masters paper using White Nights paints done week before last, an imaginary town scene featuring people with umbrellas and reflections on a rainy day. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Downtown Frisco

10.25x9 charcoal using both hard and soft on sketchbook paper done the last weekend before December; ref courtesy another artist Gary Allen. I liked the tall telephone poles and lines towering above the cityscape buildings, cars, etc. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Twilight in the City

15x11 watercolor and gouache on Fabriano 140 lb rough paper done a few days ago of an imaginary city street at twilight. I first painted it in watercolor and was not reading right so put mostly white, peach, blue and pale yellow gouache washes over it. Highlights are the street lights glow and reflections. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

English Storefronts

16x12 watercolor on Italia 140 lb cold press paper done this afternoon for a timed event online.  I did crop other buildings from this townscape in England, focusing mainly upon the abundant flowers decorating the street and storefronts.  It was painted wet on dry.
COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Japanese Street

8.5x11.5 mixed media on matboard finished yesterday, a street scene in Japan.  Magic colored pencils used to sketch followed by Caran D' Ache watersoluble wax crayons and acrylics as top layer.  Since I lived in Japan several months this subject matter was just perfect.  The women talking under their parasols gives this a cozy and friendly touch.
COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2019.

New Orleans Skinny Building

11x7 watercolor done last week of October, a street scene in New Orleans, on Kilimanjaro 140 lb cold press paper and Daniel Smith paints.  There were no figures in the photo so I added a lone guy at the doorway of the skinny building.  Ref courtesy Valri/Wet Canvas.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Going Downtown cityscape

8x8 watercolor over India ink line sketch begun yesterday then color added today from this scene of women going shopping.  Figures can be seen in the distance in this imaginary scene. I used a wooden chopstick to do the sketch.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Downtown

9x6.25 watercolor pencil sketch with watercolor done over the weekend on Lanaquarelle 140 lb hot press paper.  The photo from downtown somewhere had to be finished in 2 hour time limit so my painting time was one hour, 10 minutes.  I liked the cute couple holding hands wearing their green and red complementary colors while a guy seated on the right past the hotel sign was watching them stroll along.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Spanish Town after JM Parramon

14x11 watercolor on 140 lb cold press Kilimanjaro paper done last month while studying earlier watercolorists' cityscapes (after Jose Parramon).  In this scene it had been raining in Spain and buildings and figures are very abstracted.  You can see some reflections in the rainy street.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Spanish Town

14x11 watercolor on Kilimanjaro 140 lb cold press completed today, another town or cityscape looser than the previous one.  This has more shadows and just rained in this imaginary scene as seen in the street reflections.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Border Town

14x10 watercolor on Stonehenge 140 lb hot press paper, an imaginary scene done Sunday while in the southwest on a brief trip. The hot sun is a major player in these border towns along with the dust and a lot of people out shopping.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Belize Umbrellas

15x11 watercolor on 140 lb cold press Saunders paper, with Daniel Smith paints.  Using a marketplace photo from our trip to Belize several years ago, I painted this townscape rapidly using only bright colors at the center of interest.  The background was a wash of manganese blue except for the white of the paper showing.  I like the open market vendors selling their wares.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Virginia Village Lamps

12x9 watercolor on Fluid 140 lb cold press paper drawn yesterday and painted today using Daniel Smith and American Journey pigments.  This is a cropped reference of a townscape that is shown here from current weekend drawing event on WetCanvas with Li Newton hosting.  Since I love lamp posts and lanterns this view favors them as a focal point.  A #14 round brush was used also.
COPYRIGHT 2017 Kay Smith         Email:   1971ks@att.net to purchase via PayPal        Cost:  $125

Pocket Park

9.5x7 watercolor and ink on Ecosystem sketchbook painted yesterday after last Tuesday's plein air event downtown Big Spring.  Sketched in ink using Micron 01 pen, this lamp post and tree scene indicate the crisp autumn air showering the town's sidewalks with fallen leaves and debris.  Late afternoon shadows are streaking diagonally across the very old brick building behind in the background.  Someone had planted cotton seeds in the raised flowerbeds along with squash, I guess for that country touch!
COPYRIGHT 2017 Kay Smith         Email:   1971ks@att.net to purchase via PayPal.        Cost:   $115

Spain Shoppers

8.5x7.5 watercolor on Kilimanjaro 140 lb cold press paper done today as part of the weekend drawing event on WetCanvas! in which participants have 2 hours to do a drawing or painting using featured references.  The ten photos we had were provided by host Susan.  I loved the high color contrasts of blue against orange in this cityscape.
Image COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2017.

Haltoms on Main Ft. Worth

7.5x5 watercolor over ink line sketch, a plein air drawing done on a recent trip to Ft. Worth, TX downtown area.  Color was added back in the studio.  This is where I sat in Sundance Square by the fountains looking north.  Micron 01 pen used to sketch on Moleskine for watercolor sketchbook.
Image COPYRIGHT 2017 Kay Smith.

Downtown Graffiti

5.5x8 watercolor and ink line (Micron 01 pen) on Bienfang mixed media sketchbook done today.  The English ref is courtesy of Bonnie in Canada who hosted our last weekend's drawing event on WetCanvas.  Some of the graffiti text was about Charlie Hebdo and the 2015 attack there in France.Image COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2017.

City Rain

12x9 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper, finished late last night while we were still in the isolated mountains.  As a timed WetCanvas exercise I had to complete within 2 hours but did go over the limit.  Photo courtesy Bunny from a street scene in NYC,
Image COPYRIGHT 2017 Kay Smith.