Fox Nap

9x12 markers and ink line on Master's Touch marker paper done last part of July with online challenge. With the WetCanvas challenge, participants are encouraged to use the prompts and photos provided, so I chose this sleeping fox. I used a Micron 01 pen to sketch. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Fox Alert

9x7 watercolor using White Nights paints on Masters Touch 80 lb sketchbook paper done last weekend after Thanksgiving was over. This characterized red fox is on high alert and is much looser than my other painted animals. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Outfoxing Winter

7x9 watercolor on 140 lb cold press Canson paper sketched last weekend and finished today. I used white gouache for the snowflakes and the snow is the white of the paper. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Fox Prowl

6.25x4.5 watercolor on paper done a few days ago another fox in my wildlife series. I've used a cropped, close up view of the predator fox on the prowl, looking out for his next meal. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Cascade Red Fox

8.5x5.5 watercolor on Masters sketchbook paper done a few days ago, a composite using two different references, of a cold red fox in winter. This was first sketched in pencil and painted using White Nights paints. COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Young Fox Kit

4x6 watercolor on Italia 140 lb cold press paper of a young fox kit exploring his wooded area; ref courtesy WetCanvas. COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Red Fox

5.5x7.75 watercolor on Arches 140 lb cold press paper sketched today in pencil then painted w/ Daniel Smith pigments.  It is featured in the Miniatures forum on WetCanvas and ref courtesy Steve Mac from the reference image library.  This sly young fellow is watching something very intently.  Instead of using the photo background I have made up a loose abstract woodland scene using the same quinacridone burnt orange/gold, indigo, and green gold.
Image COPYRIGHT 2017 Kay Smith.

Red Fox

14x11 watercolor on Kilimanjaro 140 lb cold press paper drawn yesterday and finished today.  I was lucky and able to get photos of this wily colorful fellow as he visited neighbor's yard.  The snow however, is imaginary.  The red fox is the most common and widespread of their species, found in most all of the States.
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith.

Fantastic Fox

12x4 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper drawn and painted today, inspired by photos I took of a fox in the studio's backyard a few years ago.  This fellow is feeling fine and fantastic.  He is surveying his snowy domain, those sly, slitted eyes watching for the slightest movement of unsuspecting prey.Image is COPYRIGHT 2014 Kay Smith.