Buffalo Roam #inktober2024 day 14

6x4 ink using rollerball R2 pen and Tombow brush pen on Joggles sketchbook paper done for day 14 of #inktober2024 where the prompt was 'roam'. As the song goes "Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam, and the deer and the antelope play..." COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Mature Bull Buffalo

6x6 watercolor on 80 lb sketchbook paper in Masters sketchbook done this past weekend from an old pencil sketch I made. With no color ref to use except my own buffalo photos, I've put various hues in with the darks. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Buffalo Bill

10x8 acrylic gouache on wrapped canvas done a few weeks ago for an online challenge. I am host for November Acrylics forum on WetCanvas!and the challenge is to create a painting using mixed browns, no tube color. Using Liquitex brand a.g. these browns are made from primaries plus white and/or black on my own reference. This buffalo art has been varnished. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Buffalo Collage

12x12 torn paper collage on wrapped canvas done last week, a profile view of a wild bison or buffalo of the Great Plains or Yellowstone. For its eye I used a black woman's bra photo and other fun surprises within the animal shape. Sides are also in collage and art is varnished; no frame needed. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Buffalo in Snowbank

8x6 watercolor on Masters Touch 140 lb cold press paper done last week, another snow scene featuring a bison or buffalo resting. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Wise Wary Buffalo

30x22 watercolor commission based on an earlier buffalo similarly painted; this is on Fabriano 140 lb rough paper done recently. This work is SOLD. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Buffalo Sunset

15x15 acrylics on 140 lb cold press Canson paper, done last week using an acrylic abstract I'd done before as a background. This reminded me of a sunset and the buffalo's profile was a good idea to place over that design. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

A Brave Buffalo

24x18 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper done a few days ago, an image painted before and now redone for the second time focusing on the foreground and the buffalo head area. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Sleepy Buffalo

Sleepy Buffalo 10.25x9 mixed media on paper, a buffalo or bison profile. I used watercolor, ink, Montana acrylic markers to create this fellow about a week ago. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Wary Buffalo

12x9 watercolor on Winsor Newton 140 lb cold press paper done last week, another in my series of bison or buffalo paintings. With this one, I've let paint drip down the paper for an added rough effect of the strong animal. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

December Buffalo

8x8 watercolor on Masters Touch Premium 140 lb cold press paper done over the past weekend, an imaginary prairie or mountain scene buffalo or bison foraging for food on the small amount of grass found where snow has melted. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Bison on the Move

9x6.5 mixed media of acrylics from a pour,inks,watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper done a few days ago. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Majestic Bison

7.5x5.5 watercolor and Brusho wc crystals done ysterday of a proud buffalo or bison standing alone in this imaginary landscape. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Brusho Buffalo

8x8 Brusho watercolor crystals on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done over the weekend/ref courtesy WetCanvas. Brusho colors used: Grey, black, dark brown, and burnt sienna. Snow flecks made using a loaded brush of white gouache. Background was a mix of American Journey's Coastal Fog and the white. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Lone Buffalo

15x5.5 watercolor on Dick Blick 140 lb cold press paper done last weekend amidst daily ink sketches for #InkTober2018.  This is a simple vertical landscape I decided to experiment then stuck a lone buffalo in there.
COPYRIGHT 2018 Kay Smith

Buffalo Rock

6x10 watercolor on Fabriano 140 lb cold press paper done a few days ago as part of the Southwest/Western forum online with WetCanvas; reference courtesy ref image library. I've added aspens to the scene and used a black & white copy to paint from, not a colored image, so all colors are imaginary.
COPYRIGHT 2018 Kay Smith.

Shaggy Bison

10x7.5 watercolor, done from my ink sketch a few days ago and no color reference.  This is Canson paper which allows lots of surprises with fluid media.  Image copyright 2013 Kay Smith.

Buffalo sketch

6x6 black ink sketch done a few days ago; no pencil used, just drawing and hoping proportions are correct.

Old Buffalo Resting

7.5 x 9.5 gouache and Caran D'Ache over ink sketch posted a few days ago.  This is on matboard and ink is Elegant Writer pen.  I decided the old bull needed color so added it in a vignette style.

Resting Buffalo sketch

7.5 x 9.5 ink sketch of a resting bull, on tan Crescent matboard drawn this afternoon.