Bluebird's House

8.5x5.5 watercolor using White Nights paints in Master's Touch sketchbook done mid-month, a sweet scene with an imaginary bluebird checking out his new birdhouse. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Friday Bluebird

6x4 watercolor using brush only, no pencil sketch first, done last month. Using no reference this bird was quickly put in wet on dry with a loaded round brush. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

A Bluebird of Happiness

A BLUEBIRD OF HAPPINESS 4x6 acrylics on gessoed matboard applied with a palette knife done last week based on a baby bird I had painted last year just for fun. Not based on any reference, the bluebird's colors are many hues. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Little Bluebird

4.25x4.25 acrylics on gessoed watercolor paper of an imaginary young bird. It was fun to put all the blues I had into its feathers. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Another Shade of Bluebird

6x6 mixed media on Canson 140 lb cold press backing sheet that had watercolor, Brusho crystals, and acrylics. Today I sketched a whimsical bird face and beak then used a palette knife with acrylics in layers to finish this bluebird. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Cold Bluebird

11x7.5 watercolor on Fabriano 140 lb cold press paper completed yesterday.  Using a photo ref from fellow artist Virginia of a fluffed up bird in the cold, I've added snow to the tree and limbs as there was none.
COPYRIGHT 2018 Kay Smith

Western Bluebird

15x11 watercolor of a Western Bluebird on Saunders 140 lb cold press paper and Daniel Smith paints.  This was one of five watercolor bird illustrations done for North Light Books a few years back that I've never shown.  They selected two, a penguin and house sparrow, for their publication Painters Quick Reference Birds & Butterflies.  I'll be posting the other birds as well except for the penguin that already appears in my sidebar on the blog home page.  This is based on one I found down a stairwell at work, in the corner, shivering as he was cold.  I didn't realize we had them in Texas.

Little Bluebird

7x5 watercolor, another in my Christmas card a day project that has started to become an obsession. Look what you started, Stephie! Now I can't stop.