Window Cats

5.5x8.5 watercolor using White Nights paints on Canson 117 lb cold press paper, done a couple weeks ago. These two almost white cats are mine, Mini Pearl (dilute calico) and Salty, and they love to go from window to window. I painted this as a short demo for another artist who is learning watercolor. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Salty and Red Shoe

Salty and Red Shoe 7.5x5.5 watercolor using White Nights paints done week before last. This is on Fabriano 140 lb cold press paper. Salty is playing with my shoe. I adopted her a year ago. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Tabby Talk

8.5x5.5 watercolor using White Nights paints on Canson 117 lb cold press paper painted last month as part of an online WetCanvas animal challenge. Such a sweet looking little tabby cat! COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Green Eyed Cat

8x8 watercolor using White Nights paints done last week while on a trip, a profile of a tabby cat done in cool colors of blues and greens. This is on Master's Touch 140 lb cold press paper. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

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

Pearl with Crossed Legs

8x6 watercolor on handmade rough 140 lb cold press paper done last month, using studio cat Pearl as my model. Here she was with her front legs crossed looking like a lady. She is a dilute calico. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Cattitude

8.5x12 watercolor on 140 lb cold press Strathmore paper painted awhile back, wet on dry, in about 2 hours. Previously, I had sketched this stray cat the previous week. This work was painted from a black and white print. (Photo courtesy Dewi on WetCanvas) COPYRIGHT Kay Smith

Alley Cat

12x12 watercolor on 140 lb cold press Saunders paper of a stray tabby climbing out of a beaten up garbage can in the alley. This work was done wet on dry several years ago and is SOLD. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith

Milky Way Boy

11x8.5 watercolor on Italia 140 lb cold press paper, drawn and painted today. This is bad boy Chester who cannot resist milk, ice cream, or any dairy products so we cannot leave any unattended. I did this work wet into wet using alizarin crimson and thalo green mix for his black coat, and quinacridones gold and burnt orange for the table and wall. Other colors are permanent rose, peachy keen, and ultramarine blue. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith

Feline Groovy

12x9 watercolor on Strathmore 140 lb cold press paper, Daniel Smith paints. After doing a loose splashy underpainting I let the soft pastel hues dry, then drew over that an outline of my grey tabby Chuy. May he RIP. The abstract underpainting can be seen within the cat's body while in front he nestles against colorful patterned pillows. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith

Black Cat at Midnight

9x7 watercolor using White Nights paints on sketchbook paper 80 lb in Master's Touch book, painted last week. The solid black cat's green eyes are all that can be seen except for highlighted hair in his fur. A real challenge, I may attempt him again but on black paper. COPYRIGHT 2025 Kay Smith

Smelling Tulips

6x6 watercolor on sketchbook (Master's Touch) 80 lb paper done last week from one of the many cat photos collected over the years. This cat is happy to be smelling freshly bloomed tulips. Spring is next week! COPYRIGHT 2025 Kay Smith

Menacing Maine Coon

6x9 ink on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done last week of another artist's Maine Coon cat. First I sketched him with an Elegant Writer calligraphy pen, then added water at random. This gives the sketch a loose look. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Resting in Peace

11x15 watercolor on Kilimanjaro 140 lb cold press paper done last week, a double cat pet portrait commission that I believe turned out very well. Both of these male cats have gone to the rainbow bridge and their owner was happy with the painting. COPYRIGHT 2025 Kay Smith

Crouched Calico

9x7 watercolor on 80 lb sketchbook paper done last weekend for another online WetCanvas drawing event. I used White Nights paints and did this calico cat belonging to the host artist in under 2 hours. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Coco

5.25x7.25 watercolor on Canson paper recently done commission. This beautiful cat was ill so her owner's sister wanted to gift it to her as a memorial. Rest in peace, Coco. COPYRIGHT 2025 Kay Smith

Cat Dreams

8x6 watercolor on Fluid 100 hot press 140 lb done week before last, a dreamy painting of my dreamy cat Mini Pearl, a dilute calico. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2024

Christine's Cat

8.5x5.5 watercolor over colored pencil sketch done last weekend in Masters Touch sketchbook; this cat belongs to artist Christine and her challenge to us was to do it upside down. A cute cat for sure up or down! COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2024

Blind Contour Tabbycat

8.5x5.5 mixed media over ink line blind contour cat in sketchbook done a few days ago then finished today. Using Micron 01 and STA Lictin pens, dark lines were crosshatched, then multi-lead Koh-I-Noor colored pencils for eyes and ears, burnt sienna Brusho wc crystals sprinkled into wet water on the cat's chest. White acrylic brushed under chin to eliminate unwanted line. Background was royal blue Montana acrylic marker. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2024