A Hawkeye

8.5x5.5 mixed media hawk on paper done yesterday using colored pencils, brown Tombow brush pen to sketch, Brusho,watercolor, and India ink. Ref courtesy WetCanvas weekend drawing event. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Snowy Owl Flight

12x9 watercolor and Brusho wc crystals on Grumbacher 140 lb cold press paper done a few days ago from an old photo ref. The owl is getting ready for cooler weather and winter after that. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

America's Bird ~ the Bald Eagle

8x8 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper completed today for an online challenge featuring the bald eagle, America's symbol of freedom.  As this raptor flies over its territory I wonder what it thinks as it looks below. Photo courtesy USDA.
COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Saw-whet Owl

12x9 watermedia on Bristol 300 series paper done today using two different media in my ongoing bird series in various art products.  For this, I used a black Tombow brush pen and only put in black areas first, from one of my bird photos, doing negative painting.  After those, I used a #14 round and with fresh water, created the grey midtones leaving whites.  While most areas still wet I sprinkled black Brusho crystals then blended some areas with a wet brush, being careful not to over blend or over mix.  Look closely and you can see the orange and blue within the Brusho.  No pencil pre-drawing done in this vignette.
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