A Scaredy Cat

6x4 mixed media on sketchbook Joggles paper done last week after first sketching with Micron 01 pen and Fude pen. Watercolor with White Nights was added last along with a few white gel pen whiskers. This fellow is ready for Halloween. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Cat Bath

10x8.5 mixed media on paper done last week using a previous sketch that was not colored. Here I've added ink, colored pencils and watercolor that do work well together. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Mystery of the Cat

8x8 mixed media on brown paper done last week using charcoals white and black, colored pencils, India ink, pencil, and Montana acrylic markers. Stencil Girl stencils were used for the background. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Orange Tabby Sleeping

12x9 mixed media on paper done last week using art markers by CaliArt, watercolor, and pencil on mixed media paper. The paper is very slick so the markers performed well. The sleeping orange tabby is oblivious to the season. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Graffiti Cat

8x5.5 watercolor, Caran D'Ache crayons over Pigma Micron 01 ink drawing on Strathmore Visual Journal. At first I just put in watercolor and it looked so blah boring! So the crayons were added for a little graffiti touch. Now I like this cat and tail! COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

A Gray Cat

5.5x5.5 mixed media in Arteza sketchbook 90 lb paper. After a pencil sketch, I put grey Brusho wc crystals over the fur then used watercolor, gouache, acrylic markers for background, and white gel pen for highlighted whiskers. Image from own photos. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Calico Cat Caper ~ demo

16x12 mixed watermedia demo done today for the Midland Palette Club. After sketching with a carpenter's pencil, I used White Nights watercolors, Brusho watercolor crystals, liquid acrylics, India ink, alcohol markers, Caran D'Ache watersoluble wax crayons, some collage and a floral stencil for the background by Stencil Girl. A saying at the bottom left is collaged onto the yellow/gold area that says, "There's no such thing as an ordinary cat". White gel pen used for hair and whiskers. COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Siamese Secrets

9x9 mixed media on Magnani 140 lb cold press paper done today.  First I sketched the cat's outline with a chopstick dipped into black India ink.  Carb Othello pastels in flesh tone, white, yellow ochre, brown, gray, black, and orange yellow used to apply the Siamese's fur.  The same chopstick was used for whiskers when done.  I was missing Jezebel, studio Siamese, today and decided to use a photo of her (although her nose was not that long like a purebred) and the pastels.  Those were given to me when a friend's wife passed away and is a nice set of them plus colored charcoal pencils just waiting to be useful again.
COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Faucet Cat

5.5x8 mixed media on paper in Strathmore Visual Journal for mixed media.  Starting with a black Tombow brush pen I lightly sketched in outlines of the cat's head, faucet, and water stream.  Watercolor was added last to pull the composition together including reflections in the metal.
COPYRIGHT Kay Smith.

Faucet Cat

5.5x8 mixed media on paper done today in Strathmore Visual Journal for mixed media.  Starting with a black Tombow brush pen I lightly sketched in outlines of the cat's head, faucet, and water stream.  Watercolor was added last to pull the composition together including reflections in the metal.
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith.

Graffiti Cat

8x5.5 watercolor, Caran D'Ache crayons over Pigma Micron 01 ink drawing on Strathmore Visual Journal done today.  At first I just put in watercolor and it looked so blah boring! So the crayons were added for a little graffiti touch.  Now I like this cat and tail!
COPYRIGHT 2013 Kay Smith