Yellow Canary

6 x 7.25 acrylics on gessoed watercolor paper done a few days ago for fun, a comical canary going about his business. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Fat Tody Bird

12x12 acrylics on a gessoed and primed art board done yesterday using brush and palette knife. This fellow has a long pointed beak similar to a hummingbird's but is a different species. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Contemporary Chickadee

5x7 acrylic on matboard, another in my chickadee series.  For this background I used a detail section of another painting which featured brocade pillows.  With this view there are actually two pillow patterns used.  In designing this bird it took about 2 days; colors are vivid flat shapes with little if any shading.
COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Spring Sparrows

11.75x15.5 acrylics on gessoed matboard, a demo done a couple years ago for Midland TX Palette Club. These sparrows are enjoying a sunny morning sitting on a branch.  With largely neutral colors you can still tell the foliage has not yet turned yellow green in spring.
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Yellow-headed Blackbird

14.5x9.25 acrylics on matboard over pencil drawing finished today and featured on WetCanvas Weekend Drawing Event.  Host Mike Beckett posted photos for us the weekend before last in which we had 2 hours to make a selection and do a painting.  But this method of painting took longer as I am used to the quick washes of watercolor and its transparency.  I did enjoy studying the yellow-headed blackbird.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Contemporary Chickadee

5x7 acrylic on board, another in my chickadee series.  For this background I used a section of another painting which featured my grey tabby cat sitting on rich brocade pillows.  With this view there are actually two pillow patterns used.  In designing this third bird it took about 2 days; colors are vivid flat shapes with little if any shading.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2014 Kay Smith.

Chickadee Carol

6.75x9.75 acrylic on board, another in my chickadee series.  The abstract background is seen in image below.

For abstract backgrounds, I am using a 5x7 mat and placing it here and there on a full sheet (22x30) acrylic abstract painting done several years ago.  Then after taping the mat to an interesting section, I copy the isolated design onto prepared acid free mat board, then decide what bird to place on it as the center of interest, a realistic subject on a randomly painted support.  This bottom image was taken with my iPhone and its colors are not as vivid as the scanned finished blackcapped chickadee version.  An easier way to do the subject would be to simply take a pair of scissors and cut out an interesting rectangle, then paint the bird on top.  But I did not want to destroy the original painting.
Images are COPYRIGHT 2014 Kay Smith.

Chickadee Color

7x8 acrylic on board, a bright cheery blackcapped chickadee on an abstract background.  This was drawn with brush only, no pencil or marker.
Image COPYRIGHT 2014 Kay Smith.