Shadow Cats

9x3 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper done last month for another tall, vertical piece that can be framed as is or used as a fancy bookmark. If you love cats you will love these shadow cats. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Cemetery Cat

8.5x5.5 watercolor in mixed media sketchbook done last week as part of another online challenge with WetCanvas. I enjoyed the perched black cat on a tombstone or headstone in a local cemetery or graveyard. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Black Cat and Spaniel

6x9 watercolor done last weekend for another WetCanvas weekend drawing event; this is painted on Fabriano 140 lb hot press paper. I enjoyed the curiousity of the dog towards the resting cat. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Haunted House

8x5.5 watercolor and ink on Strathmore Visual Journal for mixed media finished today.  Initial ink sketch done yesterday with Pigma Micron 01 pen from life using a small Halloween resin house.  I ignored local color and made up my own including an eerie sky.  Also made up the foreground of the tombstone, pumpkins, black cat, and man's head.  All 3 ghosts were made up as were the other creatures of the night haunting the roof.  A fun little piece.  Boo!
Image COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Al's Kitty

6x4 watercolor and ink line on paper, a magazine insert, that I grabbed to sketch after meeting this fat, fluffy black cat. It belongs to Al, a retired golf pro, who is our neighbor in New Mexico.  A WWII veteran, Al takes care of the strays, and when I need my DH gone awhile, Al takes him to a golf course for a lesson.  This solid black cat of his suns herself on our condo steps so was there to greet me with a friendly purr. Now will have to post this on Facebook's 30 Cats in 30 Days Challenge as started by Valri Ary.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith

Tiny Terror kitty

6x6 watercolor with Pigma Micron 01 pen on Masters paper, painted last summer and not yet posted.  He is a tiny terror trying to intimidate me but it won't work, kitty.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2013 Kay Smith.

Mousetrap

8x5.5 watercolor on Strathmore Visual Journal mixed media paper, drawn with Pigma Micron 03 pen today while getting my hair styled.  I actually did two more sketches while waiting, so who says that's a waste of time...I can't wait until my mom sees this one as she has a phobia of mice.Image is COPYRIGHT 2013 Kay Smith.

The Cat's Meow

11x9.5 watercolor on Strathmore 140 lb cold press paper with Daniel Smith paints; a cat who is busy talking a blue streak to someone, probably about his dinner.  In the photo which was black and white, the cat was actually a grey tabby, but I've used artistic license and made him black using all the darks on my palette except black.  I used quinacridone burnt orange, gold, violet, magenta; midnight blue, manganese blue, thalo green, ultramarine, alizarin crimson, green gold.  Happy Halloween, everybody!!!

Bad Boy kitty

11.25x11 watercolor of an imaginary black cat jumping up onto a kitchen sink, obviously a bad boy indeed.  I used Saunders 140 lb cold press paper and Daniel Smith paints.

Black Cat Silhouette

7.5 x 11 watercolor of a black cat's outline against a twilight sky using opaque paints.  This work was done all mixes of blacks then scrubbed out and negative spaces filled in around head, body, and whiskers.

Magic Garden Kitty

11x15 watercolor of Kathy's (from WetCanvas) black cat Juliet. I changed the background to be that of a magic garden atmosphere in which she is dreaming of her Romeo.