Road to the Mountains

7x9 watercolor done a few days ago in Masters Touch sketchbook, another imaginary landscape with mountains in the distance and lots of terrain to explore. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Mountain Barn

8.5x5.5 watercolor on Masters Touch paper done weekend before last from a barn nestled in the mountains. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Country Hay Barn

8x8 watercolor on Masters Premium 140 lb cold press paper done over last weekend. I used two of my barn reference photos for the silo and the main barn building housing hay bales. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Backcountry Barn

12x9 watercolor on Fluid 140 lb cold press paper, an imaginary country scene of a rundown old barn. The rocky landscape foreground was fun to paint wet in wet in layers as was the middle ground. The fence is still up so suppose someone is running cattle. Storm clouds are building up overhead. When dry, splattering was done for textural effects. COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith.

Angelic Church

22x15 watercolor on Saunders 140 lb cold press paper, the interior of an English church so grand with its stained glass design and velvet furnishings under a vaulted ceiling.  Note the angels within the front.
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith.

Free Rides at County Fair

6x8.5 watercolor and ink on Color Sketch paper done today.  Photo courtesy Andrew of WetCanvas, featured on August Watermedia monthly challenge, which he took at the Iowa Clay County fair.  I've omitted much of the carnival background detail and clutter as well as the foreground.  Pen used is Pigma Micron 01 by Sakura.  This work is now SOLD.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2014 Kay Smith.

White Barns

7.5 x 11 watercolor, first painted a few years ago, then the other day unframed it and reworked parts of it.  I don't do too many landscapes but this scene is one of my favorites.  Landscapes are fine as long as there are some signs of life such as animals or buildings.