Colorado Elk

9x12 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper completed today of a resting bull elk in the Rocky Mountains; photo courtesy of artist friend Jenna of Wisconsin and featured in the current monthly WetCanvas challenge. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2021

Mountain Moose in Velvet

11x15 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper done earlier in the month along with other wildlife and woodland scenes for hunting lodge art.  It comes in handy to have a passion for animals and an imagination for different landscape settings along with wildlife refs.  As I don't feel I do scenes well it helps to combine landscapes with animals.
Image COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Electric Elk

 8.5x6 colored pencils on ColorSketch grey toned paper drawn Friday and finished today.  I like using dry media as it is faster and gives some amazing results.  Colored pencils are as pictured below with my first 3 on the right, Magic Pencils by Koh-i-noor, available at Michael's stores.  Newer product on the left are also swirled leads of different colors at WalMart.  They are not watersoluble.  Both elk antlers are done with two separate pencils and just look at the variation in each.  If you like to try other art supplies these may be just the thing!
Image is COPYRIGHT 2014 Kay Smith.

Swampkeeper

22x15 watercolor, an older commissioned work featuring a friend's Indian heritage and important icons and images of his life such as a bobcat, egret, elk, eagle, bear, alligator, and swamp.  This work is SOLD.