Rowdy Roadrunner

10x8 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done second week of this month, another in my western bird series, and from one of my roadrunner photos. Such inquisitive looking birds! Painted wet on dry using White Nights paints. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

New Mexico Roadrunner

4x6 mixed media on magazine card done last month using Micron 01 pen to sketch, then watercolor, and Montana acrylic markers. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Alert Roadrunner

6x8 watercolor on Masters Touch 140 lb cold press paper over pencil sketch from my roadrunner photo in which I enlarged its head. Gansai Tambi watercolors were used for the bird's body. Background is burnt sienna, quin burnt orange and raw sienna with some color included in the feathers. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Roadrunner

6x3.75 watercolor and ink drawn yesterday and painted today.  This fellow, who holds the distinction of being New Mexico's state bird, is also known as a chaparral and is sometimes called a prairie chicken.  Native to hot, dry climes of the desert southwest, it is capable of flight but is usually seen running down the road.  We have them living in vacant lots on our street and I don't see them very often on trips to New Mexico.  I painted a fiery orange background indicative of a very warm day and the roadrunner is done on a New Mexico magazine card.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.