Chickadee on a Branch

Chickadee on a Branch 7x5 watercolor on Fabriano 140 lb cold press paper done over the past weekend for another online challenge; ref courtesy Valri/WetCanvas. Participants had 2 hours to choose an image then paint it. Chickadees make great bird art! COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Sparrow Snacks

9x12 watercolor using White Nights paints on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done last weekend for online challenge. Ref courtesy WetCanvas for weekly Weekend Drawing Event where artists have 2 hours to select an image then create it. Love painting sparrows! Ref image did not have birdseed so I've added their snacks. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Northern Cardinal on Icy Branches

6x6 watercolor on 80 lb Masters Touch paper in sketchbook, done in pencil last week then painted with Daniel Smith and American Journey paints. Cardinals are still outside in the berry bushes here. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Sparrows and Pigeons

9x12 acrylic inks on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done a few days ago for an online challenge. We were given a curved line, a long diagonal line, and two short diagonals and told to invent an artwork using the lines, so this is what I came up with that fit the bill.  No photo references used so it is totally imaginary.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Green Cheeked Parakeet

2.5x3.5 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper painted today as one of the animal and wildlife photos I've posted in a WetCanvas forum June challenge.

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Saw-whet Owl

12x9 watermedia on Bristol 300 series paper done today using two different media in my ongoing bird series in various art products.  For this, I used a black Tombow brush pen and only put in black areas first, from one of my bird photos, doing negative painting.  After those, I used a #14 round and with fresh water, created the grey midtones leaving whites.  While most areas still wet I sprinkled black Brusho crystals then blended some areas with a wet brush, being careful not to over blend or over mix.  Look closely and you can see the orange and blue within the Brusho.  No pencil pre-drawing done in this vignette.
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Nuthatch in Tree ~ day 9 of 30 paintings in 30 days challenge

8.5x5.5 watercolor and ink (Pigma Micron 01 pen) on Masters sketchbook d rawn yesterday and painted today, which is day 9 of Leslie Saeta's challenge.  Artists participating pledge to post one painting per day the entire month with the 31st day allowing a compilation gallery post.  It has been awhile since featuring birds so I was anxious to finish it.
Image COPYRIGHT 2017 Kay Smith.

Chickadee - torn paper collage

10x13.25 collage of torn paper on acid free matboard begun last Thursday and finished Friday before leaving on my Florida trip.  This chickadee was a demo for a private art lesson and will be yet another in my series of those sweet birds.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2014 Kay Smith.

Flying Pelican

9x12 watercolor painted this past weekend while in the mountains on 140 lb cold press paper for a recent online image challenge; photo courtesy WetCanvas/Jess Shippee.
Image COPYRIGHT 2014 Kay Smith.

Backwoods Bluejay

5x7 watercolor on cold press 140 lb paper of a backwoods bird enjoying its environment.
Image is COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2010.

Flamingo Friends

20x30 watercolor on illustration board Strathmore 500 series plate heavy weight of a flock of flamingos parading around their pond. These tropical beauties area always a joy to paint and observe.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2013 Kay Smith.

Chickadee Crevasse

12x9 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper, drawn yesterday with a brush only and painted maybe 1/3 of it, finishing up today.  An abstract pink, orange and green background paired with neutral palette mix/soup greys are a soft foil for the little bird, another in my blackcapped chickadee series.  He appears to be at the edge of a large crevasse looking down, hence the title.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2014 Kay Smith.

Special Delivery storks

22x15 watercolor on Langton 140 lb cold press paper/Daniel Smith paints, done wet on dry today.  Look closely and you can see a baby stork in the unusual nest.  This bird painting is featured in our WetCanvas weekend drawing event where participants have 2 hours to draw and paint their choice of references.  I cropped the original reference and moved the large stork closer to its edge that shows only the left uppermost nest corner.  (Courtesy photo Connie van Winssen, Netherlands)
Image is copyright 2013 Kay Smith.

Splish Splash Bird Bath

15x11 watercolor of several birds splashing about in a water bath on the rocks.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2013 Kay Smith.

Hawkeye

9x12 Tombow black brush pen with watercolor on Bristol board 300 series, painted last weekend during WetCanvas' Weekend Drawing Event.  In that challenge, an artist must choose a subject and draw and paint within a 2 hour time limit, or if not done, photograph their progress at the 2 hour mark.  With this cropped version of the raptor, I only intended to do a value study with the Tombow initially, then decided to add watercolor for a glimpse into the hawk's environment.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2013 Kay Smith.