Mid December Cardinal

10x8 paper collage on wrapped canvas, an exciting bird art created by adding paper pieces with glue then an overall varnish. Done last week, I was on a small series of cardinals. We are lucky to see them outside mingling with other birds for berries, nuts, and suet. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Cardinal Birdhouse

5.5x8.5 watercolor on Canson 117 lb cold press paper, an imaginary garden bird, the red male cardinal, by his birdhouse in the backyard. This was painted with White Nights paints the last day of November. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Backyard Cardinal ~ Merry Christmas!

5.5x4 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper painted two days ago from an actual backyard cardinal who frequents our berry-bearing holly trees. I've used 3-4 different reds and red-orange in this painting. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Crimson Cardinal

11x11 mixed media on cardboard begun yesterday and finished today. First I sketched the cardinal with Micron 03 pen, then used watercolor and gouache along with colored markers. This will be sprayed with a protectant varnish. The first was an owl I did over the weekend so will post it tomorrow. COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Pen Gwen

30 x 22 acrylic on watercolor paper 140 lb cold press, wax crayon resist.  The title is a pun, a play on words, for penguin, so here she is in her red sunglasses taking a stroll along a snowy path.