Watermelon Slice

6x6 watercolor of a cool watermelon slice drawn yesterday and painted today on Masters paper sketchbook.
Image copyright 2013 Kay Smith.

Lookout Cat

12x9 watercolor of a black and white cat looking out the door window, painted today on Canson Montval paper, ref courtesy WetCanvas RIL.  Image is COPYRIGHT 2013 Kay Smith.

Taco Belle cat ink sketch

8.5x11 Pigma Micron 01 ink sketch on Masters paper, a cat pet portrait finished yesterday, of our longhaired friend Taco Belle.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2013 Kay Smith.

Parrot Blend tulips

30x22 watercolor on Lanaquarelle 140 lb hot press paper done this afternoon.  After painting so many pet portraits lately I thought it was time for a spring floral!  My ref photo was taken in the Netherlands by my friend Barbara and I used only the large parrot tulip upper right.  The others are all imaginary as to colors and shapes.
Image COPYRIGHT 2013 KAY SMITH.

Expressionistic Spaniel

6x8.5 watercolor on blue tinted paper/Daniel Smith paints. I drew this Cavalier King Charles spaniel in about 10 minutes yesterday then spent about 35 minutes painting in an Expressionistic style today.  To me, she appears very happy chewing her bone so I used vivid brights and not local color.  Karmela belongs to Thaesha in California, this weekend's drawing event host on WetCanvas in the All Media Art Events forum.  She set two challenges for us and I chose to paint in this style rather than my usual realism.  I hope she likes how happy I've made her pet portrait! It was a fun one to do.  Thanks, Thaesha!

Bell Peppers

6x6 watercolor on paper, done today of bell peppers on the vine, back when we got rain and could grow vegetables.  (Temp was 106 F. today)  I started doing a contour line drawing with Pigma Micron 01 pen then decided to color it in with complementary hues of greens and reds.

Graffiti Cat

8x5.5 watercolor, Caran D'Ache crayons over Pigma Micron 01 ink drawing on Strathmore Visual Journal done today.  At first I just put in watercolor and it looked so blah boring! So the crayons were added for a little graffiti touch.  Now I like this cat and tail!
COPYRIGHT 2013 Kay Smith

Tomato Time

5.5x8 watercolor drawn from life yesterday using Pigma Micron 03 pen on Strathmore Visual Journal paper.  I had bought a couple of vine tomatoes so drew those two then added the other three at random as if they all had joined stems.

Cat Eyes

6x6 watercolor and Pigma Micron 03 ink on paper of one of my tuxedo cats who is no longer with us.  He always liked to hide and think he was invisible.  I have painted his pet portrait many times as have other artists.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2013 Kay Smith.  Do NOT copy!

Tropical Buildings

6x6 watercolor over Pigma Micron 01 pen sketch; some tropical setting buildings I photographed in Florida and Puerto Rico. I enjoyed the warm coral and cool turquoise colors of these coastal hotels.
Copyright 2013 Kay Smith.

Klimt Kritters

4.25 x 6.25 drawn yesterday with Pigma Micron 01 pen on 140 lb watercolor paper in the Gustav Klimt genre.  A chicken and a border collie have nothng in common except Klimt!Copyright 2013 Kay Smith/Do NOT copy.

French Windows

5.5 x 8 watercolor and Pigma Micron 01 pen painted today.  This is a close crop of a larger building featured on WetCanvas Weekend Drawing Event, ref courtesy of Kat, who lives in France.  The original photo did not have a red geranium in a clay pot in its upper story window; that was added by me for a touch of hot red.
Image COPYRIGHT 2013 KAY SMITH; Do Not Copy. 

Calico Corner - pet portrait

9x12 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper, drawn yesterday and painted today.  I did do a previous ink sketch using my grey tabby for a model, then changed to a calico for a little more pizzazz.  The background is left loose and abstract garden shapes morph in mixed greens and blues.
Image is Copyright Kay Smith 2013.

Baby Snow Leopard

5x4 watercolor over Pigma Micron 03 ink drawing on 140 lb cold press Arches paper; Daniel Smith paints used.  I love how this little fellow's tongue sticks out!  Ref courtesy of Jilly on WetCanvas.

Mane Event

22x30 watercolor done today from a previous small horse with flowing mane.  This one is on Italia Acquerello 140 lb soft press paper and I worked wet on dry, but wet areas with large flat brush first before laying in paint.  I was trying to make this fellow a dappled grey, so just let colors run and spread of mixed palette neutral pigments.  Background was left white of the paper.
*Image copyright 2013 Kay Smith.