Texas Horse Farm

6x6 watercolor on paper done today, a quick colored pencil sketch in Master's 80 lb/Daniel Smith paints. From two different refs, I created an imaginary Texas horse farm. The viewer has to imagine there are other horses around maybe in the pasture or other side of the red barn. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Ewe and Me

6x6 watercolor on paper in Masters Touch sketchbook, 80 lb archival page. Ref courtesy WetCanvas host for August Animal Wildlife challenge, Pat. I've focused on the ewe sheep and her baby lamb and simplified the background. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Blackhead Sheep

9x7 mixed media on Masters Touch 80 lb paper in sketchbook done last Sunday in preparation for the WetCanvas Animal & Wildlife forum monthly challege. I've used a STA Lictin 0.3 ink pen to sketch the sheep,then black Brusho and watercolor. When dry a few lines added with white gel pen to show individual wool. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Longhorn Herd

9x12 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper finished today after a weekend drawing event challenge on WetCanvas.  Host is Susan; ref courtesy her brother Wm. T. Smith.  Since I love painting longhorns this was a pleasure.  Participants have 2 hours to select and finish a work.  The image is uploaded to my website now and is enabled for prints on demand or purchase as seen here.
COPYRIGHT 2017 Kay Smith                        Email:   1971ks@att.net                            Cost:  $200
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Pasture-ized Milk

15x6 watercolor of cows on 140 lb hot press paper.  These rolling hills were inspired by my many photos of England's terrain when visiting there in 2010.  This painting's title is a pun for pasteurized milk and it is one of four chosen for exhibition in next month's Llano Estacado show in Lubbock TX.
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith.

Mary Had a Little Lamb

9x12 inks on paper done over this past weekend as part of a WetCanvas drawing event.  Photo courtesy Valri Ary.  In the reference this baby lamb was surrounded by its mother ewe and others so I omitted sketching them to focus on him.  Tombow brush pens in black and burnt sienna were the media used with water on Cheap Joe's sketchbook.  Now you can think perhaps by its title am referring to the popular nursery rhyme, or you could really stop and think about Mary, the mother of Jesus, who did have a little lamb, the Lamb of God.  In this piece, he is looking towards the viewer as if to ask "Will you follow me?"
Image COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Follow the Leader Horse

9x12 watercolor on Langton 140 lb cold press paper finished today.  These three pintos were one of many horses featured on WetCanvas in the Southwest/Western forum and ref courtesy Maria in Dallas.  In the photo ( I used a black & white copy) the sky was virtually pale and clear, so I added a thunderstorm and clouds.  Maybe this will make it rain.
Image COPYRIGHT 2013 Kay Smith.

Cowabunga cows

15x22 watercolor and ink on Italia 140 lb soft press paper using 3 color limited palette:  Quinacridone burnt orange, ultramarine blue, and Peachy Keen painted today.  I drew them first in pencil, then added black India ink sparingly, then applied paint wet on dry.

Donkey Daze

5x11 watercolor of two donkeys discussing their days over the fence, developed from previous ink sketch.  I'm not a landscape painter but will happily do one if there are animals, old barns, or people included.  This is on Strathmore 140 lb cold press paper with Daniel Smith paints:  Quinacridone burnt orange and gold, green gold, raw sienna, UB, thalo green, alizarin crimson.   American Journey paints:  Midnight Blue, Peachy Keen, Coastal Fog, Periwinkle Blue, and Apricot.

Sausage Patty

12x9 watercolor of the other white meat in its daffodil environment, a whimsical work that usually gets me smiling.  Usually after doing a tight realistic painting I will do a fun one such as this imaginary scene on Strathmore paper.  I used Daniel Smith paints.

Pork Chops

15x22 watercolor of three pigs in their pen playing in the mud just waiting for dinner time.

All Ears Mules

15x22 watercolor of two mules that belonged to a friend.  The background scene is imaginary to depict a hot dry southwestern feel.

Cumbrian Sheep

9.5 x 12.5 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper of two sheep who went astray and wandered into a neon field turning them shades of blues and turquoise.

Little Red Hen demo

22x15 watercolor wet in wet demo for one of my classes. This painting is SOLD.

Austin Donkey

6x8 inches, watercolor, painted last weekend of a little donkey who lives in Austin, TX.