Buffalo Roam #inktober2024 day 14

6x4 ink using rollerball R2 pen and Tombow brush pen on Joggles sketchbook paper done for day 14 of #inktober2024 where the prompt was 'roam'. As the song goes "Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam, and the deer and the antelope play..." COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Buffalo Sunset

15x15 acrylics on 140 lb cold press Canson paper, done last week using an acrylic abstract I'd done before as a background. This reminded me of a sunset and the buffalo's profile was a good idea to place over that design. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

A Brave Buffalo

24x18 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper done a few days ago, an image painted before and now redone for the second time focusing on the foreground and the buffalo head area. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Wary Buffalo

12x9 watercolor on Winsor Newton 140 lb cold press paper done last week, another in my series of bison or buffalo paintings. With this one, I've let paint drip down the paper for an added rough effect of the strong animal. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

December Buffalo

8x8 watercolor on Masters Touch Premium 140 lb cold press paper done over the past weekend, an imaginary prairie or mountain scene buffalo or bison foraging for food on the small amount of grass found where snow has melted. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Bison on the Move

9x6.5 mixed media of acrylics from a pour,inks,watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper done a few days ago. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Majestic Bison

7.5x5.5 watercolor and Brusho wc crystals done ysterday of a proud buffalo or bison standing alone in this imaginary landscape. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Shaggy Bison

10x7.5 watercolor, done from my ink sketch a few days ago and no color reference.  This is Canson paper which allows lots of surprises with fluid media.  Image copyright 2013 Kay Smith.

Old Buffalo Resting

7.5 x 9.5 gouache and Caran D'Ache over ink sketch posted a few days ago.  This is on matboard and ink is Elegant Writer pen.  I decided the old bull needed color so added it in a vignette style.

Resting Buffalo sketch

7.5 x 9.5 ink sketch of a resting bull, on tan Crescent matboard drawn this afternoon.

Red Mesa and Buffalo

12x24 watercolor on Arches 140 lb cold press paper, painted wet in wet today.  Signal Peak mountain is east of our town of Big Spring in west Texas and is part of the Great Plains where the Cherokees roamed.  In this imaginary scene I ignored local color and made the terrain red and red orange while the animals are pale gold with cool highlights.

Buffalo Gap

11x15 watercolor on handmade paper, 140 lb cold press, an imaginary landscape called Buffalo Gap. Seriously, there is a town/area by that name and I was just there last weekend. It is by Abilene, TX. This scene was entered into an online challenge this week.

Final Version of the Buffalo Herd

Some anatomical parts were corrected and/or enhanced for these poor frozen beasts plowing their way through a Great Plains blizzard. I hope this is the final version!

More Work on Bison Herd

Realizing the herd needed more cows I added two more today one at the front of the line and one bringing up the rear. I softened more edges and glazed the sky area with raw sienna + Coastal Fog.

Prairie Proud

14x22.5 watercolor on Arches 140 lb cold press paper. With all our snow and ice I decided to paint prairie bison as they worked their way across the plains in a windy blizzard.