Red Squirrel Headshot

Marching Elephant

7x9 Tombow brush pens using portrait palette set in Masters Touch sketchbook 80 lb paper, done last month while out of town. After the watersoluble ink was in, I used a rigger brush and water to blend the colors somewhat of the marching elephant. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Moose Behind Trees

9×6.5 watercolor with Brusho on Grumbacher 140 lb. cold press paper painted over past weekend in under an hour for a WetCanvas challenge (ref courtesy D. Selbert/Pexels). A fun ref! I enjoyed all the texture in this one. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Barn Owl on the Prowl

Barn Owl on the Prowl 4x6 on 140 lb cold press paper done last few weeks using watercolor and ink line, another in my owl series. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Wise Horned Owl

5.25x6.25 watercolor and Brusho wc crystals on 140 lb cold press Canson paper done last week, another owl for my owl series. This great horned owl looks wise as can be with his large yellow eyes. COYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Opossum

11x11 watercolor on 140 lb cold press Canson paper done a few days ago as a commission; this work is SOLD. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Winter Meadowlark

12x9 watercolor using White Nights paints on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done a few days ago from several old wildlife photos. I enjoyed the winter quiet solitude of the lone meadowlark and the wild grasses. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Bold Elephant

Mixed media on 8.25×11 Crescent matboard done today in about 1 hour. After a pencil sketch I went over the lines using a wooden chopstick and black India ink. When dry, I wet his hide then sprinkled grey and dark brown Brusho. When that dried, I sprayed Tim Holtz’ Distress ink stain in Old Photo. Background is all gouache and white gel pen for tiny twigs or grasses. I was anxious to try Brusho and the spray ink together to see what texture developed and really do like it. A Uniball 207 rollerball pen added some lines to him and other dark areas. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Aspen Raven

5.5x8.5 watercolor using White Nights paint done week before last using same aspen tree as reference I used for a recent cardinal. This raven is scouting out food possibilities from his high perch in this imaginary wildlife scene. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Burrowing Owl Vignette

8.5x5.5 watercolor and Brusho wc crystals on Masters sketchbook paper done last week over a pencil sketch. For the most part I used a #1 rigger/script liner brush for a looser effect with this imaginary wildlife owl. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Cardinal Craze

6x6 acrylics on gessoed 140 lb cold press Saunders Waterford wc paper completed yesterday using a small resin cardinal figurine I've had for years. Love to paint these birds and lucky to see them every day flying about. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

February Snow Bunny

5.5x8.5 watercolor over charcoal woodless pencil sketch done yesterday from an earlier desert cottontail rabbit or bunny image I had painted last year in a more realistic fashion. For this I used a #1 rigger/script liner brush and allowed colors to mix and run. Ref image courtesy WetCanvas. Painting is done in Masters sketchbook, 80 lbs. cold press. COPYRIGHT 2021 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

Doe a Deer

7.75x5.25 walnut ink on Bristol 300 series paper, a deer I've sketched before in ink but not on slick Bristol. No pencil drawing was done beforehand only a wooden chopstick.
COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith.

Winter Chickadee

9.5x7 mixed media in Ecosystem sketchbook done week before last for another online event which I am hosting.  Sketched in hard charcoal, I used watercolor pencils for the color then Brusho watercolor crystals for the background in this wildlife nature scene of a black-capped chickadee.
COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Desert Cottontail Rabbit ~ Happy Easter!

8x8 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper done yesterday for a weekend drawing event on WetCanvas! online.  This bunny was painted within the 2 hour time limit.  Happy Easter!
COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Majestic Caribou

9.75x3.5 watercolor on Langton 140 lb cold press paper sketched and painted today from some of my older wildlife photos taken on various trips.  This lone fellow looks so majestic against the backdrop of an imaginary mountain range.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Sparrow Spot ~ National Draw a Bird Day

9x12 Brusho and a small amount of watercolor on the sparrow's feathers of burnt sienna and ultramarine blue.  I first spritzed water at random with a fine mister spray onto dry paper then dusted Brusho watercolor crystals using Olive Green only.  Colors ran and patterns emerged.  When dry I did a pencil sketch using a small bird figurine from life then did the feathers making the imaginary male sparrow come alive for #National DrawABirdDay today.
COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2019

Springtime Sparrow

4x6 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done today.  First I used a primary color set of quinacridone gold, Blue Bice, and permanent rose to splash over a dry background creating an abstraction. Next I sketched the bird from a small figurine, painting him in quin gold and burnt orange along with sepia. Shadow was a mix of quin magenta and indigo.  When dry splatters were added with a #12 round brush and Blue Bice (American Journey/Cheap Joe's Art Stuff).
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Coon Fishing

15x22 watercolor on Fabriano 140 lb cold press paper done today of a raccoon about to pounce on a fish he has zeroed in on for dinner.  This painting was done wet on dry and especially I like the colored reflections.
COPYRIGHT 2018 Kay Smith.