Royal Rooster

8.5x5.5 watercolor using White Nights paints done last of December in a WetCanvas weekend drawing event 2 hour challenge. This is painted on Canson 117 lb paper. The reference that we were given was that of the entire rooster but I've cropped most of the bird's body to focus on its head and neck. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Cock of the Walk

9.5x7 watercolor on paper (Ecosystem sketchbook) done a few days ago of a regal rooster on white background.  Drawn with Uniball pen this rooster was largely a contour line piece with color accents mostly up at his head and was done very quickly.
Image COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Crow Master rooster

11x8.5 watercolor on Kilimanjaro 140 lb cold press paper, drawn and painted over the weekend for an online exercise with WetCanvas! Using my iPad, I flipped the white rooster image then used a summer filter to make him more colorful with vivid yellow gold and gamboge feathers.  Blue Bice by American Journey are the opaque turquoise blue areas for cool touches in a warm temperature painting.  No masking was used for his tiny feathers above his eye.  The larger the wattle and comb, the more females he can attract.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2014 Kay Smith.