Zebras

9x12 watercolor and inks on paper done in 2014 as an assignment homework for Sketchbook Skool. Encouragement was given to visit a zoo or natural history museum to render animals from life.  If you had no such around you were to use toy figurines, a practice I've been doing for many years.  I had a mare and baby zebra so used those with the poses you see here.  At the end watercolor was splattered and washed at random, then letter stamps used to spell out zebra.
COPYRIGHT Kay Smith.

You Can Never Draw Enough Zebras

8x5 watercolor and ink on paper that is today's work.  Done quickly as I didn't have much time, a Micron 01 pen used to sketch from a small china figurine, very old.  Cool colors splashed on with a 1" flat brush of blues and greens finished the simple piece.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Zebras

9x12 watercolor and inks on paper done yesterday as an assignment homework for Sketchbook Skool.  The week's lesson began Friday and is on animals.  We were encouraged to visit a zoo or natural history museum to render animals from life.  If you had no such around you were to use toy figurines, a practice I've been doing for many years.  I had a mama and baby zebra so used those with the poses you see here.  At the end watercolor was splattered and washed at random, then letter stamps used to spell out zebra.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2014 Kay Smith.

Zebra Family

5.25x11.75 watercolor done this afternoon as my daily painting.  I had sketched these animals from small figurines years ago as a basis for a very large oil commission so the pencil drawing remained in my sketchbook.  Today I decided to draw them again on Strathmore 140 lb cold press paper and using a limited palette of quinacridone burnt orange and ultramarine blue I did an abstract background. When dry I added stripes based on what color was in the initial wash.  This was quick and easy and too much fun!

Zebras and Leaves

15x22 watercolor featuring zebras painted positively and some negatively; I did use masking fluid in this particular work as seen in the white lines amongst the leaves.

Party Animals (zebras)

15x22 watercolor of two zany looking zebras with their stripes razor blade cut out, then a failed painting put behind upside down.  Now they have pattern as if they needed more! This is perhaps my first work in which I added one that just didn't work but did not collage it, done several years back.  Party Animals won a creativity award and a point with a major watercolor society.