Crow Omen

8x8 mixed media on Master's Touch 140 lb CP paper done latter part of July. I used watercolor (Rosa's), Crayola Pip Squeak markers, and Caran D'Ache wax watersoluble crayons in this imaginary crow painting. Is a crow a bad omen or not? COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

The Crow Knows

14x11 mixed media on mixed media paper using watercolor, acrylics, India ink, carpenter's pencil done last part of August. This crow bird art is one of those having fun creations; doing the top part as realistic depiction and bottom as a color explosion of sorts. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Crow Confessions

11.5x8.5 mixed media on manila folder paper using acrylic, watercolor, markers, paper collage, India ink, white Posca pen done mid July, another in my ongoing crow series. More bird art collage is always welcome. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Halloween Crow

8x8 inks on 140 lb cold press paper done last week, Friday, on Halloween after seeing a crow perched atop a large rock. This was in Alto, New Mexico, on a sunny day. I used black R2 rollerball pen, washable marker, India ink, and Micron 01 pen for this graphic bird art. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Moonglow Crow

9x7 watercolor using Daniel Smith's Moonglow pigment for background, bird, and trees. Mixed with sepia and indigo by White Nights, this combo made a moody painting. It is done on Master's Touch sketchbook 80 lb paper and was rendered last week. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

December Crow

5.5x8.5 watercolor on Canson 117 lb cold press paper done a few days past Christmas last month using White Nights paints and one of my old crow references. I stamped various colors of paint onto the background using a torn corrugated cardboard scrap. Later I might use a wet brush and pull some colors out. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2024

Crow Season

8.5x5.5 mixed media (watercolor - White Nights paints, Uniball Signo 207 pen, India ink, Montana acrylic marker) on 80 lb Master's Touch sketchbook done last week. I was inspired by a loud crow who parked himself on our fence in New Mexico. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Crows are Landing

6x6 watercolor on Masters Touch sketchbook done over the past weekend using only a loaded brush, no pre-drawing with pencil. Inspiration for these aspens and crows were the photos taken over the previous weekend while in the mountains. Crows are very plentiful and there was a murder of them in the backyard flying and landing. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

The Scarecrow and Crow

8.25x5.25 watercolor, India ink and ink line in junk journal using White Nights paints, done a few days ago. The crow on top of the scarecrow's head was not scared at all. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Crow Caw

8.25x5.25 mixed media in junk journal done over the past weekend, a crow emitting his cawing sound in a bird portrait. I used charcoal to sketch, ink, watercolor, and STA 0.05 pen. When done I added a stamp of a sun/moon upper right. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2021

Busy Crow

6x6 watercolor and ink with Micron 01 pen on Masters sketchbook paper sketched awhile back but color was added today to complete the bird art. This crow looks preoccupied with finding something on the ground. I used all the darks on my palette to create greys and blacks then put a dab of transparent pyrrol orange in the chest area. Splattering was done when dry to add texture to the ground. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Crows and Cardinal in Snow

11x15 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper, a commission I designed and painted based on the customer's request for both bird species in winter. This work is SOLD. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith

Clever Crow

9x12 mixed watermedia on Canson 140 lb cold press paper. Using a sheet that I put underneath other works supplied various abstract markings in acrylics, ink, and watercolor.  I took the bird out of his natural environment and placed him here as if snatching morsels of food from his surroundings.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

October Crow on Yupo

12x9 watercolor on medium weight Yupo synthetic paper done today.  This October crow was painted from a WetCanvas RIL image featured in the current weekend drawing event in the All Media Art Events forum.  With black animals or birds I try to see every color nuance within the neutral tones and do the same for white. This fellow had many colors within his graceful feathers.
COPYRIGHT 2017 Kay Smith            Email:   1971ks@att.net to purchase via PayPal            Cost:   $185

Clever Crow

9x12 mixed watermedia on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done today.  Crow reference courtesy Robert Rongier/WetCanvas weekend drawing event.  Using a sheet that I put underneath other works supplied various abstract markings in acrylics, ink, and watercolor.  I took the bird out of his natural environment and placed him here as if snatching morsels of food from his surroundings.
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith.

Condo Pine and Crow - plein air

11x8.5 watercolor and ink line on Strathmore journal for mixed media, 90 lb.  Sketched with Micron 01 pen on Saturday late afternoon on upper deck of condo in the New Mexico mountains.  Crows were out flying with their loud caw-caw cries as it was warming up in this plein air piece.
Image COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.