Graffiti Cat

8x5.5 watercolor, Caran D'Ache crayons over Pigma Micron 01 ink drawing on Strathmore Visual Journal. At first I just put in watercolor and it looked so blah boring! So the crayons were added for a little graffiti touch. Now I like this cat and tail! COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

On the Prowl

6.25x4.25 black ink with Tombow brush pen on Bristol board 400 series, a value sketch done for a larger work of a black and white cat sneaking through a fence. No pencil drawing, only brush pen. COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Sleepy Cat Nap

7x9.5 watercolor on Ecosystem sketchbook done over the past few days of a sleeping or napping cat with the same markings as my Midge has.  I used White Nights paints and mixed the blacks using Indigo Blue, Sepia, green, and carmine.
COPYRIGHT Kay Smith

National Cuddly Kitten Day!

12x9 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper.  This kitten is imaginary for National Cuddly Kitten Day for March 23.  Previously I had painted an adult cat with identical markings so this kitten just has to be related, in an artistic way.
COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith.

Chester Cat Looks Up

7x5 watercolor on black Stonehenge 140 lb cold press wc paper done this past weekend.  Working on black paper was a first for me and this took 3 days off and on.  With this dark of a paper you have to build up light values, opposite from working on white paper.  Sketched with a white watercolor pencil and #2 pencil, I got the cat done.  Chester was perched on the back of my brown leather chaise.  White Daler Rowney watercolor used for white fur, and mixed blacks for his black fur.  Patterns on coral background were made using a paper stencil doily and Mint Julep and Periwinkle blue (American Journey).  Those two cool opaques were applied to far left background.  Whiskers were sketched first using white wc pencil.  No masking was used.  Highlights on the cat's black fur were thinned versions of palette greys.  A step by step demo can be seen on WetCanvas! in the Learning Zone on the Watercolor forum (www.wetcanvas.com)
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Chester Cat Lounging

12x9 watercolor vignette painted yesterday on Canson 140 lb cold press paper over a pencil drawing.  Chester is a very large and tall rescue kitty who has lived with us since 2011.  No masking fluid used for white fur areas.  He is missing his right whisker above right eye and no clue how that happened.  He was lounging when I took this photo and trying to decide if he wanted to reach over and slap me or not.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Chester's Cat Treat

5.5x8.5 watercolor and ink line with Micron 01 pen on Masters paper completed yesterday, Thursday, for the 1905 Hyperion group who met at my studio.  Chester is one of our 5 rescue cats who cannot resist a Dairy Queen Blizzard treat no matter the flavor.  I set mine down in the kitchen and turned my back only to find him chowing down on the cold ice cream.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2014 Kay Smith.

Tuna Time Cat

6x8.5 watercolor over ink sketch using Pigma Micron 01 pen on Masters 70 lb paper done yesterday of a tuxedo cat licking his chops anticipating some tunafish for his dinner.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2013 Kay Smith.