Early Spring Lamb

7x9 watercolor using White Nights paints on 80 lb sketchbook paper. This Easter lamb was painted mid- March as part of another WetCanvas! online exercise (ref courtesy WC) COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Soft Wooly Sheep

8.5x5.5 mixed media using Winsor Newton 0.3 sepia fine liner pen and watercolors; this is done in my mixed media sketchbook last month during an online challenge for WetCanvas. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Lambkin

6x6 watercolor on paper, a young lamb, or lambkin, that looks so innocent and sweet. This was painted last week from one of my many farm animals photos. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Ewe in Grass

6x6 watercolor using White Nights paints done last weekend during our annual art tour; ref courtesy another artist online for a watermedia challenge. What I liked about the ewe was her peacefulness in the tall grass on the sheep farm. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Sheep and Bluejays

8x8 watercolor using White Nights paints on Fabriano 140 lb hot press paper done last weekend, an imaginary sheep and small blue birds. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Sleepy Lamb

5.5x8.5 watercolor on paper (Masters sketchbook) done over the weekend for online WetCanvas challenge. I could not resist the sweet innocence of this baby lamb. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Ewe and Twins

5.5x5.5 watercolor on Arteza 110 lb paper done last weekend using White Nights paints. Ref courtesy WetCanvas animal/wildlife monthly challenge. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Petting Zoo Sheep - Day 28 of 30 day challenge

5.5x8 gouache and ink on Strathmore Visual Journal for mixed media done today, day number 28 of the 30 day Leslie Saeta challenge.
Last Wednesday after work I went to our annual Howard County Fair to judge the art/photography exhibits.  Next to the fairbarn was a petting zoo full of llamas, a cow, pigs, chickens, goats, sheep, miniature donkeys, etc., so I got lots of great photos of the animals.  They had all just been bathed, showered, or cleaned.  This one caught my eye with its black face and ears and was sketched with Lamy Safari pen and grey Noodler's ink.  Its black collar was cute so I've left it mostly local color.  The zoo animals even have their own cute website HERE for Great American Petting Zoo.

Since 9-1-15, I've posted daily works on Leslie Saeta's #30paintingsin30days challenge she hosts annually on her blog Slices of Life you can see HERE.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Mary Had a Little Lamb

9x12 inks on paper done over this past weekend as part of a WetCanvas drawing event.  Photo courtesy Valri Ary.  In the reference this baby lamb was surrounded by its mother ewe and others so I omitted sketching them to focus on him.  Tombow brush pens in black and burnt sienna were the media used with water on Cheap Joe's sketchbook.  Now you can think perhaps by its title am referring to the popular nursery rhyme, or you could really stop and think about Mary, the mother of Jesus, who did have a little lamb, the Lamb of God.  In this piece, he is looking towards the viewer as if to ask "Will you follow me?"
Image COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Fleece on Earth

5.75x9.75 watercolor of sheep; a ewe and her two baby lambs wishing you all a Happy New Year and Peace on Earth!
Image is COPYRIGHT 2013 Kay Smith.

Cumbrian Sheep

9.5 x 12.5 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper of two sheep who went astray and wandered into a neon field turning them shades of blues and turquoise.