Christmas Deer

4x6 watercolor on mixed media paper done recently for an online holiday Christmas card exchange; its recipient in Canada really liked the design and sentiment. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Snowy Doe

6x4 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper done recently for an online card exchange; this doe deer in show was fun and puts you in the holiday spirit. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2024

December Deer

6x9 watercolor with white wax crayon on 140 lb. cold press paper done over the past weekend as part of another online challenge. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Deer Shadows

5.5x7.5 watercolor in Moleskine sketchbook using Daniel Smith paints, using one of my deer photos from New Mexico. These does were sunning themselves one warm morning in the cool mountains. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Doe Resting

6x8 watercolor on Hahnemuhle grey toned paper, 95 lb. cold press, using White Nights paints done last week. Using a photo I took of this sleeping doe outside bedroom window in the mountains, she deserved her time in the sun. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Antlers

18x24 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done over this weekend of an imaginary buck deer amidst swirling leaves. His eyes are closed indicating sleep during winter approaching with its wind and snow flurries. Note the antlers morphing into tree branch shapes and lines. I mixed dark brown, grey, and black Brusho for some of the darks painting wet on dry. COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Doe a Deer

7.75x5.25 walnut ink on Bristol 300 series paper, a deer I've sketched before in ink but not on slick Bristol. No pencil drawing was done beforehand only a wooden chopstick.
COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith.

Oh Deer!

15x22 walnut ink on Lana 140 lb hot press paper done a few days ago for another animal wildlife challenge online, courtesy Robert (WetCanvas).  This mule deer is looking over her habitat for a few good things to eat and was sketched with a wooden chopstick.  Her body was blended using a round #14 brush for smoother texture.
COPYRIGHT 2018 Kay Smith

Mule Deer

9.75x7 watercolor on Fabriano Extra White 140 lb cold press paper done over this past weekend from one of many deer photos.  I like this backside view of the mule deer surveying its fall going into winter domain.  As you can see in my imaginary background I've added aspens and fall foliage including red and orange leaves.  These are a nice backdrop to the freshly fallen snow in the middle ground.  The cold sky is darkening with a pending threat of rain or more snow.
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith.

Stag

18x24 watercolor on Canson 140 lb. cold press paper painted today in about an hour with a #14 round brush and a 1" flat sable.  I first spritzed the paper at random with water over my pencil drawing then did the darks first.  Antlers were done then the ears, nose, mouth. A very limited palette used of burnt sienna and ultramarine blue.  Just a touch of raw sienna and raw umber in minute amounts were used along with lots of water sprayed into wet paint, letting drips happen.  A final drip ran down from the background middle and onto the stag's back, creating a run into his back that looks like antler horn shadows.
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith.