Cactus Wall bookmark

6x2 watercolor miniature southwestern art painted last month, one that can be framed or can be used as a bookmark. I used one of my paintings done earlier in the year as an inspiration. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Cactus Night

5.5x8.5 mixed media in sketchbook done week before last while on a trip. I used Crayola markers, White Nights watercolors, white gel pen, acrylics, and black India ink. No reference used, only imagination how cactus appears during the night hours. I used Master's Touch sketchbook for mixed media. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Desert Plants

8.5x5.5 watercolor in Master's Touch sketchbook, 80 lb paper, done last week or so, a scene of desert plants including a century plant, agave, and other cactus or succulents. This landscape can be seen here in Texas or other locales in the southwest. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith

West Texas Cactus

12x12 acrylics on wrapped canvas, a prickly pear cactus landscape of the rugged west Texas, a piece done Saturday during the class taught by Crystal Goodman of San Angelo, TX. (Ref courtesy of CG) COP0YRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Yellow Cactus Bloom - Day 27 of 30 Day Challenge

5x5 watercolor on 140 lb Canson cold press paper painted today for day #27.  This close up of a prickly pear yellow cactus flower along with more blooms on the pear shaped pods is already SOLD.  Known as nopales, the thin nutritious pads are edible.

Since 9-1-15, I've posted daily works on Leslie Saeta's #30paintingsin30days challenge she hosts annually on her blog Slices of Life you can see HERE.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.