Backseat Driver dog

5.5x8.5 watercolor and ink on Masters paper done recently of a brown and white dog I saw out riding around.  He was in a dull colored vehicle and I've put him instead into a red sports car.  This one makes the fourth dog in a car I've painted and two have been purchased.  It is time again to send new works to Check.Advantage for printing onto checks and address labels.  I'll also send four of cat capers, one of which is driving a car.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Florida Sunset

11x15 watercolor on 140 lb cold press Canson paper done recently, storm clouds over the water.  Taken from photos shot while in Florida last August one can imagine the beauty and quietness.  The reflections add drama to the landscape or seascape.  Brush only, no pre-drawing with pencil.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Sophisto-cat

12x9 watercolor painted today of a much more sophisticated cat than yesterday's kitty on a card.  So this one's title is Sophisto-cat.  Support used is Canson 140 lb cold press paper.  I'll put such a pretty stray in the last of the 30 Cats in 30 Days challenge.  I love to paint white animal hair and fur, and black, too, to show all the shades and hues within such neutral colors.
Image COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Purrsonal Hygiene kitty

4x6 watercolor over pencil drawing orange and white cat cleaning its paws, a regular bathing routine all kitties enjoy endlessly.  Another cat image on a magazine insert card in my series and for the Facebook 30 Cats in 30 Days challenge that ends soon.
Image COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Kitchen Color still life

11x8.5 watercolor, India ink, and Tombow brush pen in burnt sienna on new Strathmore mixed media art journal done this afternoon. Yesterday I drew the Italian ceramic pitcher, a fake lime and lemon from life on my hand-painted studio table.  The colors all together mix well for a kitchen still life.  The Tombow was used to draw the composition.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Red Winged Blackbird

15x22 watercolor wildlife painting on Kilimanjaro 140 lb cold press paper.  I photographed this lovely bird year before last in a cattail marsh on Warrior road in Ruidoso, NM.  Blending in with the environment, they frequent roadside brushy areas and dwell within the reeds and cattails.  I've entered it in a major bird exhibit on the West Coast coming up.  So for now it is not for sale.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Studio Coffee Break

9x10.25 watercolor done today as part of Sketchbook Skool homework assignment.  We were to sketch in watercolor pencil an object with pattern.  As I didn't have any delicate bone china cups I used an art deco Doulton design then added two jars of brushes and pencils behind.  Those items were not drawn with colored pencil, just brush only.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.