White Donkeys

11x15 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done last week; I featured these two white donkeys in an online WetCanvas challenge and couldn't resist their cute expressions. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Cloudy Day at the Farm

Cloudy Day at the Farm 6x6 watercolor and white gouache over gessoed paper in Masters Touch sketchbook done latter part of July, an imaginary scene of a farm landscape. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2024

Donkey Love

5.5x8.5 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper and White Nights paints done mid-month while in the mountains. With these two donkeys showing affection this image from WetCanvas was impossible to pass up. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Pig Party

6x6.25 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper done over the past weekend (ref courtesy WetCanvas) on a piece of a painting I'd cut up. The old painting was pink square tiles in a still life. Pigs look fun in the mud with the pink colors. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Heehaw Donkeys

12x9 watercolor on Bristol 300 series 100 lb paper done last month, another donkey painting in my series using my older photos from a farm south of town. They seem to be saying HeeHaw! as loud as possible and are such clowns of the animal world. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Chicken Yard

9x12 mixed media on Strathmore Bristol board 300 series 100 lb paper using black Tombow brush pens to put in the darkest values first. When dry watercolor and Brusho were added for this chicken poultry scene on the farm. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Three Chickens

7x9 watercolor using White Nights paints on Masters Touch 80 lb sketchbook paper done over the past weekend. Ref courtesy Valri who hosted the current weekend drawing event on WetCanvas! in the All Media Arts Forum. Participants have 2 hours to select an image and draw or paint it. These chickens took about an hour. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Watch It! Donkeys

14x10 watercolor on Stonehenge Aqua 140 lb hot press paper done a few days ago; a pair of comical donkeys to go with the rest of my series of humorous farm animals. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Follow the Leader

9x12 watercolor on Langton 140 lb cold press paper. These three pintos were one of many horses featured on WetCanvas in the Southwest/Western forum and ref courtesy Maria in Dallas. In the photo (I used a black & white copy) the sky was virtually pale and clear, so I added a thunderstorm and clouds. Maybe this will make it rain. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith.

Holstein Barn

11.75x8.25 watercolor on Fabriano 140 lb cold press rough paper, done over the last weekend as part of another online challenge with WetCanvas. We had two hours to choose and render an image so the cows spoke to me in their corner of the barn. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Cowabunga

15x22 watercolor and ink on Italia 140 lb soft press paper using 3 color limited palette: Quinacridone burnt orange, ultramarine blue, and Peachy Keen. I drew them first in pencil, then added black India ink sparingly, then applied paint wet on dry. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Donkey Daydreams

12x9 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done over the weekend, a pair of donkeys dreaming of the pasture, green grass and hills. Ref courtesy Tanja/WetCanvas. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Piglets

11x15 watercolor on Bienfang 140 lb cold press paper, an earlier work featuring two young pigs. Ref courtesy Li Newton for the 6-15-16 WetCanvas weekend drawing event. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith

Till the Cows Come Home

8.25x5.25 mixed media in junk journal done recently using watercolor, Brusho, 0.5 STA Lictin pen, gel pen, and gouache of these country Holstein cows waiting to come home. I always liked that phrase. Collage elements are a grocery receipt from H.E.B. and a torn scrap of paper. COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Donkey Duo

6x8 colored pencil sketch with watercolor in Stillman Birn sketchbook done today for online challenge with WetCanvas. These two donkeys were enjoying a sunny afternoon in their pasture of grass. COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Two Holstein Cows

9.5x7 mixed media on paper painted today over a realistic pencil sketch. India ink was used with a chopstick to apply color to the black areas.  Watercolor for eyes, noses, the land, and shadows. Montana markers in blue and green used for sky and grass.  Number 23 is my birthday number.  Touches of white gouache put in eyes.
COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Pearl & Opal Mini Donkeys

7.5x5.5 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done over the weekend for another WetCanvas timed event.  This mini donkey and her hinny belong to fellow artist Bonnie in Canada.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Pig Brothers

5.25x8.25 watersoluble colored pencils and ink line done today in my junk journal as part of a WetCanvas Watermedia monthly challenge.  These two litter mates were too cute to pass up, sharing secrets, and wondering what is for dinner.
COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2018.

Donkey Party

15x22 watercolor on Kilimanjaro 140 lb cold press paper done last month or so of a trio of donkeys.  I photographed them in a field north of Vealmoor and south of our farm years ago and this is the third time for me to paint them.  The other two versions have gone to new owners and colors were changed.  As they were in a field there was no interesting background so here I added a long horizontal stucco building reminiscent of the southwest.  This new painting has been entered in the current Wyoming Watercolor Society exhibit so it is not priced on Daily Painters for availability.
Image COPYRIGHT 2017 Kay Smith.

Brown Calf and Cow

5x7 ink sketch on Bristol cropped at that size on a 9x12 sheet.  Tombow black brush pen was used to put in darks first followed by a rigger brush dipped in water to make the grey areas; white is the white of the paper.  I loved the long cast shadows the cattle made in my original photograph.
Image COPYRIGHT 2017 Kay Smith.