Slow Roll Wave

4x9 watercolor using Rosa Gallery paints made in Ukraine on Canson 140 lb cold press paper; ref courtesy WetCanvas landscape forum host. This was painted week before last, a marine scape that was so pleasurable. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Surf Clouds

6x6 watercolor using Da Vinci summer paint collection in this cloud scene done week before last. Another in my cloud series, this focuses on both clouds and the water beneath them and is imaginary. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Spring Storm over Water

Spring Storm over Water 6x6 watercolor done last week or so ago, an imaginary seascape featuring stormy clouds and the water below. This is in Masters Touch 80 lb sketchbook paper using Daniel Smith paints. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Pounding Surf

4x5 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper done last week, another imaginary marine scape featuring the endless ocean or sea. In this view, I've tried to show the pounding surf of the incoming waves cresting as they roll with the tide. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Dog and Boy at the Beach

6x8 watercolor on Masters Touch 140 lb cold press paper done over the past weekend as part of another WetCanvas event. Participants have 2 hours to select their image then render it. As hosted by Rousay, I cropped the ref photo to focus on the boy and dog playing and changed his swim trunks color from navy to red. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Booming Surf

6x6 quickie, brush only, done yesterday afternoon in about 20 minutes using a 1″ flat synthetic sable Liquitex brush and Daniel Smith watercolors. The surf is pounding the shore in this imaginary marine scape. When dry splatters using sepia and a mix of neutrals including Cheap Joe’s Coastal Fog completed the miniature 6×6″ in my Masters Touch sketchbook, 80 lb. paper. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Surf's Up!

17x40.5 acrylics on gessoed board done last week along with Yvette St. Amant's online Intermediate Abstracts course. Layering of colors was emphasized and I used white, cream, bisque, navy, medium grey, mint green. Mine was done in a horizontal format rather than vertical as this is going inside a bathroom window. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Sea Sand Summer

11x4 mixed media on 140 lb cold press paper done today, the first day of August, a day I like to think of water, lakes, ocean, the sand and enjoy the rest of summer. I used acrylics to make marks on the paper then used a small palm tree ink stamp, and watercolor to fill in the background. More acrylics used at random with stencil. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Pitbull Playing

5.5x8.5 watercolor over pencil sketch in Masters sketchbook done last Tuesday on our trip and I don't recall where the photo ref was taken. The dog is having a fun day playing fetch with a stick or piece of driftwood, dashing in and about the water's edge of the beach. White Nights paints were used. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Yellow Umbrella and Chairs

5.5x8.5 watercolor on Masters Touch 80 lb sketchbook paper sketched a few days ago of a summer beach scene. This was done for an online challenge and is available on www.DailyPaintworks.com in my gallery section. With the blue ocean framing the marine scape the yellow umbrella looks fresh and ready for visitors. COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Dalmations Playing Fetch

8.5x5.5 watercolor and Micron 01 pen on Masters sketchbook done yesterday, another in my playing dogs series.  These two have a stick and are running along in shallow beach water.  "Labs Playing Fetch" was the first one of similar composition and that one is sold a few years ago.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Low Tide

11.5x7.5 acrylics and white gel pen on gessoed textured paper, an abstract of a low beach tide, where water meets sand and forms foam.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Splashing Waves

11x14 poured acrylics on canvas done yesterday in a class on the subject, very messy but worth the effort for this abstract seascape.  Silicone oil and Floetrol were mixed in the paint.  No brushes or predrawing.
COPYRIGHT 2018 Kay Smith.