Lonely Longhorn

4x6 watercolor, gouache, and ink done yesterday on a New Mexico magazine subscription card as I had no sketchbook handy and was in a longhorn mood.  Any animal that is white or has spots as well is an added bonus I can't resist.  Ink sketch below was drawn with a Pigma Micron 01 pen. 

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Spotted Longhorn

5x8 watercolor and ink (Pigma Micron 01 pen) on paper sketched yesterday and painted today from seeing these Texas icons grazing in nearby grassland.  This one with his black and white markings was exciting to do.  When dry I splattered the same mixed black of alizarin crimson + thalo green for tinier spots on his hide.
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith.

Oklahoma Longhorn

8.5x5.5 watercolor drawn in pencil which is today's work.  I photographed this fellow a few years ago on a trip to Oklahoma checking out the Chisholm Trail, but never had painted him.  Some negative painting is included in the grassy areas and I added storm clouds behind in the sky.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.