Wise Barn Owl

6x6 watercolor on sketchbook paper 80 lb, in Masters Touch book, done last week from my photos of barn owls. I used White Nights paints. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Checkerboard Northern Saw-whet Owl

6x6 watercolor using White Nights paints on Masters Touch sketchbook 80 lb paper done week before last. I used some of my saw-whet owl photos then added squares behind the bird for a pattern and painted those light green. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Desert Owl

16x12 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper, my demo owl for last Saturday's workshop using southwest stencils along with paint in a new design. Black India ink was also used applied with a wooden chopstick. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Wise Great Horned Owl

4x6 watercolor miniature on 140 lb cold press Canson paper done in May using some of my wild bird photos. First I placed the dry paper face down in wet palette paint, let it dry, then developed the owl likeness. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Owl Prowl

9x6 watercolor and Brusho grey wc crystals on Grumbacher 140 lb cold press paper done over the weekend for another WetCanvas challenge. Participants have 2 hours to choose an image then paint it and this barred owl was finished in about an hour. Brusho was used to create the background. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Owl Wisdom

4x6 watercolor over abstract mixed media background, sketched in pencil, for a wise old owl painting of a great horned one. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Burrowing Owl

9x6 watercolor and Brusho wc crystals on Canson 140 lb cold press done last week, a wildlife bird over a used paper backing sheet. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Owl Afternoon

5x4 watercolor over charcoal sketch done yesterday of a great horned owl on a discarded book page.  The varied blue background sky was applied first using American Journey Periwinkle and Blue Bice.  When dry splatters were added then it was adhered to watercolor paper using a brayer.  Note the end of the text where it is written "The name was Byrd."
COPYRIGHT 2018 Kay Smith.

January Owl

7x3.5 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press done today on partially paint marked paper for a challenge on WetCanvas Miniatures forum (photo courtesy Penny).  When dry I splattered burnt sienna and sepia across with a large round brush.
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Psychedelic Owl

12x9 watercolor of a great horned owl literally glowing with every color in my palette.  I have been working on him for 3 days, a different twist on a brown and white subject that previously had been sketched and painted in reverse.  He needed some jazzing up so this is the result, a departure from my usual realism.
Image COPYRIGHT 2017 Kay Smith.

Snowy Surprise (owl)

4x7 watercolor and ink (Micron 01 pen) sketched on 140 lb paper, a portion of a sheet that I used behind larger works.  The snowy owl had only one wing as his right one was injured and removed; he lived in a wildlife sanctuary and has passed now.  I sketched around the paint marks then filled in empty spaces with other colors, and even gave him a log behind and in front.  This was featured on WetCanvas watermedia forum December challenge as hosted by Virginie in Canada.
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith.

Owl Flying ~ day 21 of 30 in 30 challenge

5.5x8.5 watercolor and watercolor pencils on Bienfang mixed media sketchbook that is today's work.  In this wildlife nature scene I've cropped the bottom of his wings in order to showcase his face and trees behind.  A mix of Coastal Fog, burnt sienna, and ultramarine make the neutral sky color on an overcast day.  It is day 21 of Leslie Saeta's 30 paintings in 30 days challenge.
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith.

Owl Eye

4.25x7 watercolor and ink done today using Pigma Micron 01 pen on a magazine subscription card from Birds & Blooms.  The black horizontal bars beneath the postage area seem to fit right into his brownish black feather markings.  The wise one is seeing it all.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Owl Outlook

8.5x5 watercolor done today with pencil drawing on Strathmore Visual Journal for mixed media as I thought I might add colored pencils or ink, but didn't need them.  Be wise, as this short-eared owl is, and always be prepared to use other media to get your point across if needed.
COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.