Donkey Dots

6x6 watercolor and ink (Pitt grey pen) on Masters sketchbook paper painted yesterday from an earlier donkey drawing.  Colors in this were simple:  Raw umber, arylide yellow, cad orange over existing ink.  Splattering was done when dry.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Beach Beauties

5.5x8.5 watercolor and ink (Micron 01 pen) on Masters sketchbook paper done today as an exercise with Sketchbook Skool's Boot Kamp.  We were to quickly do at least 12 people in a crowd but all I could squeeze in of these beach babes was eleven.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Eye of the Horse

10.25x9 watercolor using brush only done very loosely about a month ago in my sketchbook, using no reference.
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Pink Girl

13.5x13.5 mixed media (acrylics, India ink, oil pastels) on pink matboard done today.  After doing so many self portraits for Sketchbook Skool either from life, photos, or imagination I decided to put eyes in with India ink then develop the rest with no reference.  Instead of a brush I used an old credit card to scrape areas of wet acrylic and to layer.  So this is not me, just an imaginary pink girl! Total fun playing with paint.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Purple Irises

8x5 watercolor, ink and collage on paper finished today.  Yesterday I drew these glorious purple irises, aka flags, which grow in my side studio yard.  After the ink line with Micron 01 pen I collaged sentences from a novel for all the white or lightest value areas, then painting was last.  Today was spent correcting values and adding iris veins in most of the petals.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Cherry Tree and Red Bird

12x9 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper, an imaginary fantasy scene.  I used another scrap sheet I place under watermedia to catch drips and brushstrokes as an abstract background.  The symbolic tree, leaves and round flat ones were added next then the bird shape last.  Already there were some of those shapes.  I liked the pink and pale green colors behind the drips and runs.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Unicolor Jay Bird

5.5x8 watercolor and ink (Pitt pen) on Strathmore Visual Journal for mixed media drawn yesterday and painted today.  This fellow is enjoying the start of Summer season.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.