Dog with Colored Eyes

5.5x8.5 watercolor with White Nights paints over Winsor Newton sepia fineliner 0.3 pen done mid August. This was done in sketchbook for mixed media. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Spaniel Eyes

5.5x8.5 watercolor and ink using STA Lictin 0.1 pen in Masters Touch sketchbook on 80 lb. paper done last week. Ref courtesy WetCanvas online challenge event. His large eyes seem to be following whoever is looking at him at the moment. White Nights paints and a #1 rigger/script liner brush were used in this dog pet portrait. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Dinnertime Dog

8.5x6 watercolor of a small reddish brown and white short-haired dog who seems to be asking “What’s for dinner?” This pet portrait is drawn with graphite and rendered with Daniel Smith pigments.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2018 Kay Smith.

Sleepy St. Bernard

5x8 ink and watercolor on paper done yesterday with no pencil drawing, only black Tombow pen to put in darks, and then washes of browns and tans.  I used only a black and white photo for this work and would have liked the Tombow to have spread a bit more.  It would have if slicker paper had been used.
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith.

Shih Poo Dog

5x8 watercolor and ink (Uniball Vision Elite) on paper, sketched today, the ink sketch being posted for #InkTober day 26.  This hybrid dog is courtesy of Wendy on WetCanvas and is featured on this weekend drawing event challenge.  Participants have 2 hours to choose a photo and paint it.
Image COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Backseat Driver dog

5.5x8.5 watercolor and ink on Masters paper done recently of a brown and white dog I saw out riding around.  He was in a dull colored vehicle and I've put him instead into a red sports car.  This one makes the fourth dog in a car I've painted and two have been purchased.  It is time again to send new works to Check.Advantage for printing onto checks and address labels.  I'll also send four of cat capers, one of which is driving a car.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Woody Dog (JRT)

5.5x8.5 gouache and ink line on Masters paper done today for a WetCanvas Weekend Drawing Event hosted by Kathy.  Woody is her dog.  We were to complete a painting in 2 hours or less and this one is 1 hour plus 10 minutes to draw with Micron 01 pen.  We decided to do a tribute to fellow artist Deano who passed away last week, a wonderful guy and contributing painter on the site. His blog, Deano's Den Gallery, is a memorable way to view his work.  He always did 5x7 oils with red underpainting, so this Jack Russell terrier has a red gouache first layer.  Rest in peace, Deano, you are missed and the world is a little less colorful now.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2014 Kay Smith.

Sleepy Bassett Hound

6x6 watercolor and ink line wash on Masters paper with Micron 01 pen/Daniel Smith paints from an old photo of mine I'd been planning to draw a long time of a tired Bassett hound lounging and sleeping on the nearest couch.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2014 Kay Smith.

Rusty, Jack Russell terrier

6x6 watercolor over ink line with Pigma Micron 01 on Masters 70 lb paper, done last night, of another artist's Jack Russell terrier.

Image is COPYRIGHT 2013 Kay Smith.

Dinnertime dog

8.5x6 watercolor of a small reddish brown and white shorthaired dog who seems to be asking “What’s for dinner?” Painted last night, this pet portrait is drawn with graphite and rendered with Daniel Smith pigments.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2013 Kay Smith.

Staredown: Dog vs. Cat

6x6 watercolor wash and line using Pigma Micron 01 pen on Masters paper, done today.  These two are trying to see who can win a staring contest and my money's on the cat. 
Image is COPYRIGHT 2013 Kay Smith.