Barred Rock Hen

4.5x5.25 watercolor and Brusho wc crystals on 140 lb cold press paper done yesterday.  First I wet the feathers area then dropped black Brusho into that, letting the crystals mix and mingle.  Red areas were watercolor using red and red orange.  Background was a mix of indigo and sepia.
COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

One Mad Hen

12x9 Brusho and watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper painted last week for an animal challenge online.  This grumpy hen's face cannot be ignored and she looks ready to peck someone.
COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Country Chat Roosters

5.5x8.5 watercolor and ink line (Micron 01 pen) on Masters sketchbook done over the last holiday, MLK day.  These two fellows are having a country chat.  Image courtesy WetCanvas.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Obligatory Hen with Chicks

6x8 ink sketch done in under 10 minutes last week of a hen that I have made look worried sick.  It is on Stillman & Birn Zeta series sketchbook using Faber Castell Pitt pen XS, black ink. Next watercolor was added for this mother and baby chicks farm animals scene.  It is called obligatory because with each WetCanvas weekend drawing event, it seems there must be a chicken included in the photo images.
Image COPYRIGHT 2017 Kay Smith.

Barnyard Brawl

15x22 watercolor and ink on 140 lb cold press paper, an imaginary scene done several years ago that is SOLD.
Image is COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2015.

Proud Rooster

6x6 watercolor and ink on Masters paper; sketched with Pigma Micron 01 black ink technical pen done today.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2013 Kay Smith.

Retro Rooster Collage - recycled art

10 x 14.75 mixed media (watercolor, acrylics, newspaper, napkins, catalog pages, ink) I composed over a failed geranium watercolor. The rooster head and neck were from a former failed barnyard painting with him and 2 hens that did not quite work.  The hens I cut out also and adhered to an old shack scene called "Chicken Ranch", that should still be on this blog.  His purple legs just kill me; feathers in front are from newspaper photos of old wood.  It is a conglomeration of elements with a whole lot of country style and was fun to make.