Longhorn Skull

22x15 watercolor on Arches 140 lb cold press paper completed last week. This was a remake, redo, recycle of a woman with abstract background in a horizontal format. Flipping the image vertically, I sketched a longhorn skull outline over the existing painting, then added colors and the large bilateral shadows. Lastly, I put in horizontal lines as if the skull were resting on a blanket for added detail design. (Image taken with iPhone) COPYRIGHT Kay Smith

Sheep Skull

6x6 mixed media on gessoed sketchbook paper from Masters sketchbook done today; sketched with an Elegant Writer pen the dark areas first then entire skull. Brusho wc crystals in grey color plus watercolor for background was done to complete the still life. The old skull was photographed in an antique store. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Cow Skull

15x11 watercolor on Kilimanjaro 140 lb cold press paper of an old cowskull I photographed on my brother's ranch in O'Donnell, TX. It was propped against a tree and had rocks below and beside it. Daniel Smith paints used: Quinacridone burnt orange, quin gold and magenta, raw sienna, UB, aureolin, and Carbazole violet, all done wet on dry. Yesterday I drew it and today painted it. These icons of western art always sell pretty quickly.