Digital Sketchbook | Discover and Inspire Creativity Today — Carla Smith

Digital Sketchbook

Updates and insights into my creative practice. Select each image to find out more.

Abstract collage with vibrant colors, layered textures, and sketches of a plant or tree with branches. Includes overlay of a diverse landscape with mountains, water, and sky.

Work featured in Condé Nast Home & Garden - August 2025 Issue

Two wooden cutting boards with engraved recipes for making potpourri and illustrations of herbs, tomatoes, and cooking utensils.

Creating New, Unique Pasta Boards

An elderly woman in a sweater with a checkered cloth over her shoulder is peeling a carrot in a kitchen. On the counter are a pot, a watermelon, a bottle of alcohol, a white bottle, and a small container. Subtitles at the bottom read: 'A creature of care tucks itself away between the pockets of bubbles that dance on the surface of sugo.'

Trame di Luna, Film Screening, Filignano

A detailed painting of a historic stone church with tall arched windows and a rounded tower, set against a cloudy sky in the evening or early morning, with trees on either side and a metal fence surrounding the property.

Union House Commission

A framed artwork with a sketch of a flower and leaves on a white background. The artwork appears to be a hand-drawn illustration of a flower with a curved stem, surrounded by scribbled lines.

The Ironbridge Printmaking Competition 2025

View of an art gallery with paintings on white walls; a man in a red shirt is looking at artwork, and a group of people are conversing in the background.

Exhibition in Glasgow