Shorthorn Skull

12x9 ink on Bristol 300 series, 100 lb. paper done over the weekend. No pencil sketch only used a black Tombow brush pen (watersoluble), then water to activate black to gray tones. When dry, black India ink with a chopstick was applied to emphasize darkest darks and create texture marks. Blue watercolor was spritzed over it all to finish. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Desert Skull

6x9 mixed media (walnut ink, watercolor, and spray ink stain by Tim Holtz) done on  140 lb hot press paper done last weekend.  In order to depict desert colors and the feel of heat, I had to use browns, clay colors, and oranges to support the almost all white bleached cowskull.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith