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

Donkey Nose

6.5x9 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press done last week, another in my humorous donkey series. This fellow is vying for attention by putting his nose up and over the pen corner at his barn. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Watch Out ~demo for Brownfield Art Association

11x15 watercolor on Strathmore 140 lb cold press paper over pencil sketch, a demonstration last Monday 9-11-23 for Brownfield Art Association (ref courtesy WetCanvas). I have added an imaginary background of dry southwest building for this scene of two donkeys. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Sleepy Baby Burro

20.25x26.25 watercolor on Fabriano 140 lb cold press paper done as a demo for the Fredericksburg, TX art group Die Kunstler on Thursday night. This was the second time to paint this little burro and they gave me 2 hours to do it but I finished in 1 hour. A limited palette of quinacridone burnt orange, quinacridone gold, and ultramarine blue (Daniel Smith) was used plus an opaque Coastal Fog (American Journey). The opaque can give a soft texture for an animal's fur/hair. COPYRIGHT 2021 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

Garcia's Donkey

15x11 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper completed today after doing most of the donkey yesterday during our paint out. This fellow belongs to another artist and I have invented the southwestern background in hot desert hues and some decorative bare trees. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Drowsy Donkey

15x11 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper that is today's work.  Since doing the cactus yesterday and another recent donkey in a hot southwestern setting I am still in the mood. My photo was black and white so did not follow local color for the animal's markings which were dark, medium, light brown, white, touch of black.  Background of hay was eliminated, substituting an imaginary southwestern building with tile roof and a flat raw sienna color dirt for the middle ground.  Now the hot sun can be imagined baking all that sits underneath, making the pinto donkey drowsy.
Image COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Dandy Donkey

5.5x4 watercolor and ink on a magazine card insert from People.  Drawn with black Tombow brush pen, I added more black ink inside his ears and blended with water.  Watercolors of quin burnt orange and ultramarine blue make up the browns while background is arylide yellow, green gold, and indigo blue.  When dry it was stamped using tiny bubble wrap scrap.  This fellow lives on a farm next to my mother's mailbox.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Pack Mule

6x6 watercolor and ink line using Pigma Micron 01 pen on Masters paper, drawn Saturday during a Midland, TX paint-in. I used a tiny mule figurine of one of the artists to draw this guy with one hind leg raised, then used warm sepia as monochromatic tones.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2014 Kay Smith