Saturday, November 7, 2020

On the Prowl

6.25x4.25 black ink with Tombow brush pen on Bristol board 400 series, a value sketch done for a larger work of a black and white cat sneaking through a fence. No pencil drawing, only brush pen. COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Friday, November 6, 2020

Southwest Still Life

22x30 acrylics on Arches 140 lb cold press paper painted from life by setting up various still life objects and doing very wet in wet brushwork. Wax crayon saguaro images are scattered throughout the painting of southwestern items. CPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Thursday, November 5, 2020

Grey Wolf

4x5.25 watercolor on 140 lb cold press Italia paper done a few days ago for another online miniature challenge; ref courtesy WetCanvas library. Mostly I used a #1 rigger/script liner brush for this fellow. COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Wednesday, November 4, 2020

Brusho Turtle

5.5x8.5 Brusho watercolor crystals, watercolor, ink pen, white gel pen on Masters sketchbook. The turtle was sketched during InkTober2020 last week and today I added color and mixed media to get this end result. COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Southwest Style House

11x15 watercolor on 140 lb Canson paper done a few days ago of a southwest style white stucco house and red tile roof close by our place in the mountains. In this vignette I tried to show a carefree summer day and a setting anyone would want to visit. COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Monday, November 2, 2020

Sleepy Dog

5.5x8.5 watercolor and Micron 01 pen for this sleepy spaniel I first sketched in ink for last month's #InkTober2020 challenge. This is on Masters sketchbook paper 90 lbs. COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Sunday, November 1, 2020

Blue Pigeon

8x8 watercolor and Brusho wc crystals on Masters premium 140 lb cold press paper done over the weekend for another online WetCanvas challenge. Ref courtesy Susan (tyree). I like the metallic shine on the pigeon's feathers and Brusho has the exact hue. COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Purple Poppy Cup

8.5x5.5 watercolor using White Nights paints on sketchbook page done first of this month. I combined several of my poppy photos and placed ...