Neurographic Cat

9x7 watercolor and ink using Micron 01 pen and STA Lictin brush pen in sketchbook done last week. I started a neurographic piece with the wavy ink lines then decided to incorporate an animal such as this black cat. A fun painting. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Black Cat at Midnight

9x7 watercolor using White Nights paints on sketchbook paper 80 lb in Master's Touch book, painted last week. The solid black cat's green eyes are all that can be seen except for highlighted hair in his fur. A real challenge, I may attempt him again but on black paper. COPYRIGHT 2025 Kay Smith

Skinny Black Cat

11.5x7.5 watercolor on Winsor Newton 140 lb cold press paper done today over pencil sketch of this tall, skinny cat. His pose is very elegant and fur was painted with mixes for black. I ran out of space to include all of his long tail. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Exotic Cat #Inktober2024

6x4 ink sketch with India ink done last week for day #4 for #Inktober2024. Also I used white gel pen for its curly fur throughout. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Beautiful Black Cat

9x9 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper painted over the holiday, a cat named Henry who was a foster cat to an artist. Mixed black was using Permanent brown, thalo green, and indanthrene blue. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Black Cat Pose

8.5x5.5 watercolor using White Nights paints on Masters Touch sketch paper done over the past weekend of a black cat in a regal pose. He has minimal white hair on his chest. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

BLACK MAGIC Cat

12x12 watercolor on Masters Premium 140 lb cold press paper done a few days ago to celebrate black cats and the magic they bring to us. Orange colors indicate possibly pumpkins he is peeping around or use your own magical imagination. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Black Cat Magic

4.75x3 watercolor over ink line sketch with Micron 01 pen done today.  I sketched the black cat on a scrap of Canson 140 lb cold press paper that is or was used for putting under smaller works, so various lines and color marks appear along with ink stamps.
COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Black Cat Juliet

11x15 watercolor of a black cat with imaginary background that is based on one of my shirt designs.  The stool is also made up and the orange red is perfect for the cool greens and blues surrounding it.  Juliet belongs to another artist.  This is painted on 140 lb cold press paper.  This pet portrait shows the subtle tones made by mixing black using alizarin crimson and thalo green.
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith.

Black Cat Halloween - #InkTober

12x9 mixed media collage on Cheap Joe's sketchbook (watercolor and ink with Pigma Micron 01 pen) begun yesterday and finished today.  Top part is a black and white photocopy of my photo taken of golf pro Al's kitty Blackie.  They live at Pinon Park condos by our place in Ruidoso NM.  After printing, I cut her out and collaged onto paper using matte medium.  Bottom part and text is ink and watercolor for #InkTober, various candies and pumpkins.  I sketched one of my three mice figurines for lower right and he is talking to Blackie trying to get her to pay attention to the candy corn.  You can see some small bits of gravel between the cat's front paws and I have sketched them on out, spilling into the candy pieces.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Cat in the Pumpkin Hat

6x6 watercolor on paper with drawing using Micron 01 pen last night.  Every now and then doing whimsical pet portraits is just plain fun.  Except this black imaginary fellow looks humiliated to say the least.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2013 Kay Smith.