Wise Wary Buffalo

30x22 watercolor commission based on an earlier buffalo similarly painted; this is on Fabriano 140 lb rough paper done recently. This work is SOLD. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Buffalo Sunset

15x15 acrylics on 140 lb cold press Canson paper, done last week using an acrylic abstract I'd done before as a background. This reminded me of a sunset and the buffalo's profile was a good idea to place over that design. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Wary Buffalo

12x9 watercolor on Winsor Newton 140 lb cold press paper done last week, another in my series of bison or buffalo paintings. With this one, I've let paint drip down the paper for an added rough effect of the strong animal. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Bison on the Move

9x6.5 mixed media of acrylics from a pour,inks,watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper done a few days ago. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Brave Buffalo

24x18 watercolor done this past week for another online 2 hour time limited challenge.  I managed to complete this fellow in under the clock; love these prairie animals.  Photo courtesy WetCanvas/Bill Smith.
COPYRIGHT 2018 Kay Smith.

Buffalo Rock

6x10 watercolor on Fabriano 140 lb cold press paper done a few days ago as part of the Southwest/Western forum online with WetCanvas; reference courtesy ref image library. I've added aspens to the scene and used a black & white copy to paint from, not a colored image, so all colors are imaginary.
COPYRIGHT 2018 Kay Smith.

Pronghorn Portrait

8.5x5.5 mixed media on paper done last week while in the mountains.  These animals are seen dashing across the flat grassland between Plains, TX and Tatum, NM.  I sketched with Uniball Vision Elite ink pen first, then added watercolor, followed by Montana acrylic markers.  Lastly black India ink was appled to a few select linear spots for emphasis. Scientific name of Antilocapra americana
translated is "American antelope goat" but the deer-like pronghorn is neither.  With its branched horns instead of antlers that it sheds (the only animal that does), it is the fastest, running in 20 foot bounds up to 60 miles per hour.  Unlike the cheetah, the pronghorn can run for hours and can spot predators up to 4 miles away with its keen eyesight.  Life expectancy is 9-10 years for this North American hoofed mammal.
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith.

Pronghorn Antelope

8.5x11 ink on paper sketch that I've cropped here of a pair of pronghorn antelope photographed between Plains, TX and Tatum, NM. They usually run at the sight of humans interrupting their day in the brushy pasture or grassland.  I used a Pitt pen in grey and dark grey to sketch them.
Image COPYRIGHT Kay Smith.