Checkerboard Chicken

6x6 watercolor and black Brusho on Masters Touch 80 lb paper sketchbook done last week, another class exercise in color and pattern. Micron 01 pen used to draw the hen. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2024

Brown Chicken Collage

5.5x7.5 mixed media on mat board completed around first of the month using watercolor cut pieces and other paper using mat medium. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Black Ameraucana Chicken

9x6 watercolor using White Nights paints on Canson 140 lb cold press paper,done last week for another online challenge. I left the background the white of the paper as I felt this did not need any color. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Fluffy Fowl

9.5x7 mixed media on Ecosystem sketchbook. Using a Uniball black Elite ink pen, I drew the chicken outline and feathers. With watercolor I put in light tan, gold, and its red comb and beak. Lastly I applied Montana acrylic markers to the background in light blue and orange. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

A Barred Plymouth Rock Hen

7x7 mixed media hen sketched in pencil yesterday during our paint in with other art association members. I used colored pencils, watercolor (White Nights), white gel pen on this bird art done on sketch paper. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Brusho Rooster

12x9 watercolor and Brusho watercolor crystals on Grumbacher 140 lb cold press paper done several days ago. I've used two red Brusho colors for the rooster's comb and a brown and grey Brusho in the white feathers. Background is a combination of permanent alizarin crimson (Winsor Newton) and phthalo green (Dick Blick). COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Klimt Kritters

4.25x7.5 watercolor and ink line on Canson 140 lb cold press paper; two animals, a white hen and a black and white border collie pose amidst graphics reminiscent of Gustav Klimt and his decorative designs. This one was completed yesterday. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Fearless Chicken

5.5x5.5 watercolor on Arteza 110 lb cold press paper in wc sketchbook done yesterday, another one of my whimsical chickens with a little color play thrown into its white feathers. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Chicken of Color

6x9 India ink and Brusho watercolor crystals on paper done recently from a previous ink sketch, adding some bright color for pizzazz. COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Barred Rock Hen

4.5x5.25 watercolor and Brusho wc crystals on 140 lb cold press paper done yesterday.  First I wet the feathers area then dropped black Brusho into that, letting the crystals mix and mingle.  Red areas were watercolor using red and red orange.  Background was a mix of indigo and sepia.
COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Barnyard Hen

2.5x3.5 watercolor on Italia 140 lb cold press paper using White Nights paints done today from another chicken barnyard image.  The top view is the actual size and bottom just a bit larger in this miniature art card.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Blue Barn Hen

5.5x8.5 watercolor and ink line on Masters sketchbook done for another online event. I used Lictin .10 pen in black to sketch the hen and barn wood.  Ref courtesy Kay M/WetCanvas.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Randy Rooster

9.5x9 alcohol inks on deli white paper done day before yesterday using an older sketch that is one of my favorites of all the chickens.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Barnyard Queen

15x22 mixed watermedia:  acrylic, black India ink, and collage over failed red rose watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper.  This work was a demo for the Amarillo Art Institute.  As a vertical red rose painting it just did not work so redoing it was the only option.  Collage elements are torn white doily fragments in several pieces.  You can see a remnant of the rose top center and a rosebud still visible on lower right side margin.  I like the eggs floating about including one still in the hen.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Klimt Kritters

4.25 x 6.25 done with Pigma Micron 01 pen on 140 lb watercolor paper in the Gustav Klimt genre.  A whimsical chicken and a border collie have nothing in common except Klimt!  I had first sketched this years ago then recently took it out and made value adjustments and color changes in this semi-abstract piece.
COPYRIGHT 2018 Kay Smith.

Blue Barn Hen

5.5x8.5 watercolor and ink line on Masters sketchbook done yesterday for another WetCanvas event for the weekend hosted by Kay M.  We had 2 hours to complete a painting; mine was done in about 1 hour. I used Lictin .10 pen in black.
COPYRIGHT 2018 Kay Smith

Cluck Cluck Chicken

11.5x10 acrylics collage on gessoed 140 lb watercolor paper done last week in Bob Burridge's Lubbock TX workshop.  Bob showed us how to peel off the dried acrylic 'skins' from out plastic sheeting palette and collage onto the support.  No drawing was done.  In fact no drawing was done all week, only brush work.
Image COPYRIGHT 2017 Kay Smith     Email:   1971ks@att.net to purchase via PayPal    Cost:  $185

Gladys Girl chicken

5.5x8.5 watercolor over mechanical pencil drawing done over the weekend of another artist's chicken named Gladys.  Sadly she said the hen is no longer with us.
Image COPYRIGHT 2017 Kay Smith.

#InkTober day 24 ~ Fowl Mood

12x9 India inks on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done today for the #InkTober challenge, a daily pledge participating artists do each year in October.  Lots of chickens and roosters I've painted and this one was taken from an earlier ink sketch and recreated with inks. Its neck area is more orange in real life and not as red as this photo is.
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith.

Hen House

22x15 watercolor on Saunders 140 lb cold press paper, a demo done in 2004 for the Yoakum Co. Art Association in Plains, TX.  It was painted wet in wet in one hour, give or take a few minutes.  The Plains group is very active for a small town and invite me back each year for demos.  In August I was privileged to judge their area wide exhibition.  This painting is SOLD.