Holstein Barn

11.75x8.25 watercolor on Fabriano 140 lb cold press rough paper, done over the last weekend as part of another online challenge with WetCanvas. We had two hours to choose and render an image so the cows spoke to me in their corner of the barn. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

I Heard about the Cows

6x9 mixed media on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done over this past weekend using brown Crayon marker to sketch the cows then watercolor to fill in shapes.  White gel pen used for highlights for these bovines.  I cropped a larger photo to focus on the Jersey cow.  This was part of WetCanvas' weekend drawing event in which participants have 2 hours to complete their art.  Image reference courtesy Bonnie (artastic).
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Some Curious Cows

5.5x8.5 ink on Bienfang for mixed media sketchbook done a few days ago as part of a WetCanvas challenge in Animals forum.  With Tombow brush pen I first put in darkest darks then added water with a script liner brush to create greys; white is the white of the paper as you do in watercolor.
Image COPYRIGHT 2017 Kay Smith.

Artistic Cows

3.5x6 watercolor and ink on The Artist's Magazine insert card done today quickly as I had to get ready for our local art show.  These two Holstein cows are peacefully grazing and gazing at the farm.  A Micron 01 pen was used to sketch them.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Moovie Stars cows

30x22 acrylic, ink, Caran d'Ache watersoluble crayon, and wax crayon on 140 lb cold press paper, one of my reworked ones from a pink floral now morphed into Holstein cows.  This work won an award at Southwestern Watercolor Society show a few years ago for creativity, and is now SOLD.
Image is COPYRIGHT Kay Smith.

Curious Cow

9x10 watercolor of a very curious Holstein cow, an imaginary scene done today on Canson 140 lb paper.
Image is copyright 2013 Kay Smith.