Crow Omen

8x8 mixed media on Master's Touch 140 lb CP paper done latter part of July. I used watercolor (Rosa's), Crayola Pip Squeak markers, and Caran D'Ache wax watersoluble crayons in this imaginary crow painting. Is a crow a bad omen or not? COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

The Crow Knows

14x11 mixed media on mixed media paper using watercolor, acrylics, India ink, carpenter's pencil done last part of August. This crow bird art is one of those having fun creations; doing the top part as realistic depiction and bottom as a color explosion of sorts. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Crow Confessions

11.5x8.5 mixed media on manila folder paper using acrylic, watercolor, markers, paper collage, India ink, white Posca pen done mid July, another in my ongoing crow series. More bird art collage is always welcome. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Halloween Crow

8x8 inks on 140 lb cold press paper done last week, Friday, on Halloween after seeing a crow perched atop a large rock. This was in Alto, New Mexico, on a sunny day. I used black R2 rollerball pen, washable marker, India ink, and Micron 01 pen for this graphic bird art. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Rowdy Raven

7x9 mixed media using ink in Elegant Writer pen plus watercolor White Nights paints. This rowdy raven is done in my Master's Touch sketchbook, 80 lb paper, done last week for an online weekend challenge with WetCanvas. COPYRIGHT 2025 Kay Smith

Moonglow Crow

9x7 watercolor using Daniel Smith's Moonglow pigment for background, bird, and trees. Mixed with sepia and indigo by White Nights, this combo made a moody painting. It is done on Master's Touch sketchbook 80 lb paper and was rendered last week. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

December Crow

5.5x8.5 watercolor on Canson 117 lb cold press paper done a few days past Christmas last month using White Nights paints and one of my old crow references. I stamped various colors of paint onto the background using a torn corrugated cardboard scrap. Later I might use a wet brush and pull some colors out. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2024

Crow Season

8.5x5.5 mixed media (watercolor - White Nights paints, Uniball Signo 207 pen, India ink, Montana acrylic marker) on 80 lb Master's Touch sketchbook done last week. I was inspired by a loud crow who parked himself on our fence in New Mexico. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

November Crow

November Crow 6x3 watercolor on 140 lb cold press Grumbacher paper done last week, another in my crow series. Love the black feathers and it is a challenge to paint them with any color but tube black, a no-no in watercolor. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Captivating Crow

5.5x8.5 watercolor using Gansai Tambi graphite paints from Kuretake on Masters sketchbook done yesterday for an online wildlife challenge. The colors show their various hues within the 'black' feathers. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Mysterious Crow

9.25x6.25 watercolor using White Nights paints on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done last weekend as part of an online challenge on WetCanvas. I enjoyed the dark, brooding night this fellow was out and about nefarious business of his own. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Aspen Raven

5.5x8.5 watercolor using White Nights paint done week before last using same aspen tree as reference I used for a recent cardinal. This raven is scouting out food possibilities from his high perch in this imaginary wildlife scene. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Raven Eye ~ #InkTober2021 day 5

5.5x5.5 ink using Staedtler calligraphic duo pen to sketch, India ink, watercolor, and white gel pen for day 5 of InkTober this year. The prompt was 'raven'. I do paint this bird or crows regularly and particularly like this composition of a side glance. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Blackbird (jackdaw) in Grass

9x7.5 ink line and watercolor in Ecosystem sketchbook done over the weekend using a jackdaw black bird ref courtesy WetCanvas online. STA Lictin 0.3 pen used to sketch. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Crow Caw

8.25x5.25 mixed media in junk journal done over the past weekend, a crow emitting his cawing sound in a bird portrait. I used charcoal to sketch, ink, watercolor, and STA 0.05 pen. When done I added a stamp of a sun/moon upper right. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2021

Beach Crow

2.75x7.75 watercolor on Fabriano 140 lb hot press paper done over the past weekend for another WetCanvas weekend drawing event.  Participants are given 2 hours to select and complete a painting or sketch of their choice.  Image courtesy Clea.  I cropped most of the beach here to focus on a long horizontal format for this crow.
COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Clever Crow

9x12 mixed watermedia on Canson 140 lb cold press paper. Using a sheet that I put underneath other works supplied various abstract markings in acrylics, ink, and watercolor.  I took the bird out of his natural environment and placed him here as if snatching morsels of food from his surroundings.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

October Crow on Yupo

12x9 watercolor on medium weight Yupo synthetic paper done today.  This October crow was painted from a WetCanvas RIL image featured in the current weekend drawing event in the All Media Art Events forum.  With black animals or birds I try to see every color nuance within the neutral tones and do the same for white. This fellow had many colors within his graceful feathers.
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Clever Crow

9x12 mixed watermedia on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done today.  Crow reference courtesy Robert Rongier/WetCanvas weekend drawing event.  Using a sheet that I put underneath other works supplied various abstract markings in acrylics, ink, and watercolor.  I took the bird out of his natural environment and placed him here as if snatching morsels of food from his surroundings.
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith.

Klimtified Birdbath

10.25x9 watercolor pencils on sketchbook paper done awhile back but not completed yet.  Using an ordinary birdbath as a diagonal theme, I perched a black bird on it and surrounded with larger than life flowering weeds to repeat the birdbath design.  In the abstract areas I used turquoise blue and green for cool accents, while purple and pink are seen as shadows in the flowerheads.  This is in the style of Gustav Klimt.
Image COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2016.