Early Spring Lamb

7x9 watercolor using White Nights paints on 80 lb sketchbook paper. This Easter lamb was painted mid- March as part of another WetCanvas! online exercise (ref courtesy WC) COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Donkey in the Desert

12x9 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper done about third week in December. I had painted the donkey then wanted an interesting background so added saguaro cactus and old faded barnwood boards. Daniel Smith paints were used. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Nosy Donkey

12x9 mixed media using washable markers and watercolor on Canson 117 lb paper done last month. This is another in my donkey series using water activated markers. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Skinny Donkey

15x11 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper painted last month using my donkey photos. I liked the skinny fellow with the long ears. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Raindrops Donkey

15x11 watercolor and Pip Squeak markers by Crayola, done first of July week during a rain. This imaginary donkey is on Canson 140 lb cold press paper. A fun yet funny animal to paint. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Rainy Day Donkey

12x9 markers and ink pen on Canson 117 lb cold press paper done week before last while on an art trip; I used Crayola Pip Squeaks kids' watersoluble markers to sketch the donkey then applied water. Micron 01 pen was used for finer and darker details in this fun donkey painting along with small amount of watercolor for splatters. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Fenced in Donkey

15x11 watercolor using White Nights paints done last week of June on Grumbacher 140 lb cold press paper. As part of the Animals Wildlife forum on WetCanvas I featured the image with the June challenge and enjoyed the friendly donkey poking his nose through the fence wire. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

March Rooster

6x6 watercolor painted today in new Master's Touch sketchbook, 80 lb paper, a quickie farm animal or bird painting. I used minimal pencil lines for this proud fowl fellow and mostly a #1 rigger/script liner brush, wet on dry. COPYRIGHT 2025 Kay Smith

HenReeEtta

8x5.5 acrylics in junk journal, a book published in 1946, done last weekend. I sketched the hen over a page that I'd put red acrylic on to use up leftover paint. The ref was part of another weekend drawing event on WetCanvas. Lots of fun to crop the photo and add local colors. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Texas Horse Farm

6x6 watercolor on paper done today, a quick colored pencil sketch in Master's 80 lb/Daniel Smith paints. From two different refs, I created an imaginary Texas horse farm. The viewer has to imagine there are other horses around maybe in the pasture or other side of the red barn. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Lambkin

6x6 watercolor on paper, a young lamb, or lambkin, that looks so innocent and sweet. This was painted last week from one of my many farm animals photos. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Black and White Goat

11x8.5 watercolor and ink line on sketchbook paper done last month, a profile of a friendly goat on a farm. Rosa brand paints made in Ukraine and Micron 01 pen were used to create this black and white goat. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Brown Chicken Collage

5.5x7.5 mixed media on mat board completed around first of the month using watercolor cut pieces and other paper using mat medium. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Blackhead Sheep

9x7 mixed media on Masters Touch 80 lb paper in sketchbook done last Sunday in preparation for the WetCanvas Animal & Wildlife forum monthly challege. I've used a STA Lictin 0.3 ink pen to sketch the sheep,then black Brusho and watercolor. When dry a few lines added with white gel pen to show individual wool. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Curled up Calf

6x6 watercolor and ink using 0.5 STA Lictin pen on Masters Touch 80 lb paper done over the weekend for another WetCanvas weekend drawing event. We have 2 hour to select an image then paint it; image courtesy Kat. Her reference had two other cows so they were cropped out to focus on the youngest who was curled up by a bucket. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Baby Donkey Bobby

6x6 watercolor on Masters Touch 80 lb. paper from sketchbook done a few days ago from multiple donkey images. This little guy is just a baby donkey who was rescued along with his mother. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Ewe in Grass

6x6 watercolor using White Nights paints done last weekend during our annual art tour; ref courtesy another artist online for a watermedia challenge. What I liked about the ewe was her peacefulness in the tall grass on the sheep farm. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Sweet Baby Burro

8x6 watercolor on Masters Touch 140 lb cold press paper done today. Ref courtesy Rousay/WetCanvas for another weekend drawing event, a 2 hour challenge to select an image and paint it in your medium of choice. Not sure if this sweet baby is a burro or a donkey but I love the pinto pattern of white with tan spots. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Got the Blues Holstein

6x6 mixed media using watercolor, ink, and Montana acrylic marker over a contour drawing on Masters Touch 80 lb paper. Done recently, I thought the Holstein cow looked rather sad hence the title about having the blues. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Donkey Profile

8.5x5.5 watercolor using White Nights paints done a couple weeks ago while on a trip. For this WetCanvas online challenge I used my Masters Touch sketchbook with 70 lb. paper that takes watermedia very well. I cropped the reference to focus on the donkey's head and neck. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith