Farm Barn

5.5x8.5 watercolor and ink line using STA and Micron pens sketched yesterday for #InkTober2022 day 31 'farm' prompt, then color added today to complete the country scene. Ref courtesy WetCanvas Reference Image Library. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Hummer and Coneflower

Hummer and Coneflower 4x6 watercolor and Brusho wc crystals on 140 lb Canson cold press paper done last month for another miniature bird art in a series. In this vignette focus is on the hovering hummingbird and its target, a favorite coneflower, for nectar. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Full Moon

4x6 watercolor on 140 lb Canson cold press paper done today for another online challenge. I used a kitchen item for the circular moon shape and painted wet on dry using a #6 round brush in this nocturnal landscape with evergreen trees and moon. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Grumpy Great Horned Owl

9x12 mixed media on Grumbacher 140 lb cold press paper recently finished. This was an exercise doing a blind contour portrait sketch using white oil pastel. Bleeding tissue was placed at random over that then spritzed with water mister, let run then air dry. Hair, eyes, and other features added with watercolor. Turning the face horizontally, I then pencil sketched the owl outlines then added Brusho and acrylics. Upper left is part of the portrait's pigtail braid. Most of the background was also the portrait colors. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

White Carnation

White Carnation 6x4 watercolor on 140 lb Canson cold press paper done yesterday morning as a warm up exercise. The cool whites of the common carnation, my birth month flower, is warmed up somewhat by adding an orange yellow background in this simple vignette. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Hilarious Holstein

8x8 watercolor on gessoed Italia 140 lb cold press sketched in pencil then painted with Daniel Smith pigments. Some areas of the cow's black markings were sprinkled with salt for texture. Mostly I used a #1 rigger/script liner brush and had forgotten how fun it is to work on gessoed surfaces. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Colored Bouquet on Skull

Colored Bouquet on Skull 5.5x8.5 acrylics over ink line sketch using STA 0.2 pen; 'bouquet' was an #InkTober2022 prompt. I first only did the ink sketch then applied color today. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith