Winter Wolf

9x9 watercolor using Kuretake graphite paints (Tansai Gambi) on Fabriano 140 lb hot press paper, done last week as part of ongoing winter wildlife. Gray wolves are on an endangered species watchlist. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Buffalo in Snowbank

8x6 watercolor on Masters Touch 140 lb cold press paper done last week, another snow scene featuring a bison or buffalo resting. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Bull Elk in Deep Snow

12x9 watercolor on #CansonPaper 140 lb cold press sketched in pencil then painted today, another in my winter landscape wildlife series of a bull elk leading the way through deep snow. Imagine all the cows following him as he heads off towards other areas of the forest. COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Caribou Crossing

9x12 watercolor painted today of a reindeer, aka caribou, crossing through the snow and evergreens.  This is painted on Daler Rowney Langton Prestige 140 lb cold press paper, wet on dry.  I really enjoy depicting various wildlife in snow settings.  This work is now SOLD.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2013 Kay Smith.

Chilly Chaps (Penguins)

8x5.5 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper with Daniel Smith/AJ paints, drawn today. I used several cool colored crayons including white to outline trees behind the penguins, then laid in loose spontaneous washes of ultramarine, manganese, midnight blues. Carbazole violet was used also.  No masking applied; just went around snowy white areas leaving as the white of the paper. Black was mixed with alizarin crimson and thalo green for this pair of chilly chaps.

Stillness - wolf in snow

11x15 watercolor painted today on Kilimanjaro 140 lb cold press paper with Daniel Smith paints:  Ultramarine blue, alizarin crimson, raw sienna, burnt sienna, quinacridone burnt orange, sepia, carbazole violet, quinacridone gold. Background trees are all negatively painted. Total time 2 hours. I made up the snow and trees and the wolf photo is courtesy WetCanvas! Weekend Drawing Event Sept. 14-16, host Jean of Canada.  Her photo was a wolf in warmer weather so I changed the season.