Chickadee at the Feeder

11.5x7.5 mixed media collage on wc paper done week before last. Ref courtesy Cindy on WetCanvas for a challenge this month. I first painted the chickadee as 4x3 miniature but chopped its tail which necessitated putting it into a larger format. Materials included newsprint, watercolor, acrylics, Montana markers, Micron 03 ink pen, Winsor Newton grey fine liner pen, various collage, and a black Sharpie marker. Love this bohemian looking bird art. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Chickadee on Ice

5.5x8.5 watercolor on Masters Touch paper in sketchbook, done last week while in the mountains. I used White Nights paints. This small chickadee is perched on the ice edge looking at the frozen water hoping for a drink. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Winter Chickadee

9.5x7 mixed media in Ecosystem sketchbook done week before last for another online event which I am hosting.  Sketched in hard charcoal, I used watercolor pencils for the color then Brusho watercolor crystals for the background in this wildlife nature scene of a black-capped chickadee.
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Contemporary Chickadee

5x7 acrylic on matboard, another in my chickadee series.  For this background I used a detail section of another painting which featured brocade pillows.  With this view there are actually two pillow patterns used.  In designing this bird it took about 2 days; colors are vivid flat shapes with little if any shading.
COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith