Rugged Terrain

7x9 watercolor using White Nights paints in Master's Touch sketchbook, 80 lb paper, done last Tuesday. An imaginary rugged scene was fun to do a composition. Since I was already in the mountains, several views lent themselves to any number of arrangements. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Uncharted ~ day 20 #inktober2024

4x6 ink using Micron 01 pen in Joggles sketchbook for day 20 of #inktober2024; I tried to make a rugged landscape that had not been settled, more or less still in the wild. Watercolors using White Nights paints was completed last week. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

High Country Barn in Snow ~ Happy New Year's Day 2024!

7x9 watercolor in Masters Touch sketchbook 80 lb paper done on Christmas Day 2023. In this imaginary snow scene featuring a barn, I've added mountains and trees and fences. Have a wonderful new year! COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Arid Landscape

4x6 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper done a few months ago with no reference. Limited palette of orange, opera, and cobalt was used to create this desert scene in its wide open country space. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Deer Shadows

5.5x7.5 watercolor in Moleskine sketchbook using Daniel Smith paints, using one of my deer photos from New Mexico. These does were sunning themselves one warm morning in the cool mountains. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Canyon Moon

12x9 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper,an imaginary southwest canyon night scene complete with a full moon showing layers of rock and earth in this watercolor landscape. COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

In the Pines

11x7 watercolor on cold press paper 140 lb painted in a direct manner, a quintessential mountain and pine tree landscape.  This work is SOLD.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Small Farm in Winter

6x9 watercolor on Canson 140 lb. cold press paper done this past weekend for an online WetCanvas event in which we had 2 hours to paint; I did this one in 1.5 hours.
COPYRIGHT 2018 Kay Smith

Snowy Red Barn

7.25x4.75 watercolor on 140 lb cold press Canson paper completed today, a miniature imaginary landscape.  The red barn is just about covered in snow as is the road leading to it.
COPYRIGHT 2018 Kay Smith.

Canyon Moon

12x9 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper, a layering effect with abstract qualities to indicate a southwest landscape.
Image is imaginary using no reference.
COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Woodland Deer-a card a day

6x4 inches watercolor on Saunders 140 lb cold press paper, American Journey paints, done this afternoon. I used black and white photos of a Ruidoso deer and made up the landscape. Spritzing with cobalt blue then spraying with white gouache make up the snowfall. I'm still on a card-a-day even though some posted lately are much larger. Now I'm on a roll and can't quit.