Chicken Yard

9x12 mixed media on Strathmore Bristol board 300 series 100 lb paper using black Tombow brush pens to put in the darkest values first. When dry watercolor and Brusho were added for this chicken poultry scene on the farm. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Crow Master

11x8.5 watercolor of a regal rooster preparing to crow for the farm and neighbors if any. I painted this wet on dry using Daniel Smith paints on 140 lb cold press 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

Rooster Time

5.5x8.5 watercolor on Masters paper in sketchbook done over this past weekend using an old rooster reference photo. I liked the dark green and indigo blue colors in his tail feathers. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Rowdy Rooster

8.5x6 watercolor/ink line on ColorSketch sketchbook yellow tinted paper done today. This is for another WetCanvas online challenge where participants have 2 hours to do their art. It was sketched with STA Lictin 0.3 pen followed by paint. COPYRIGHT 2021 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

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

Big Red Rooster

12x12 torn paper collage on wrapped canvas done today that was my studio class demo.  This whimsical rooster was drawn with black felt tip marker onto clean white gessoed canvas, then various colors of torn paper were adhered with matte medium.  Tomorrow it will be finished with gloss medium varnish of several coats.  No photo references used.
COPYRIGHT 2017 Kay Smith           Email:   1971ks@att.net to purchase via PayPal           Cost:   $295

#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.

Chicken Pen

22x15 watercolor on Saunders Waterford 300 lb cold press paper painted wet in wet.  These two chickens I photographed while visiting Luckenbach, a Texas town south of here.  Remember Waylon Jennings made famous his country western hit named after the place. It is an older work that is SOLD.
Image is COPYRIGHT 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.

Mollie's Chickens

5.25x7.5 watercolor on Strathmore 140 lb cold press paper done this afternoon.  These are Mollie Jones' poultry and she has them in all shapes, sizes, colors, breeds, etc. on her farm in East Texas.  After yesterday's mixed media collage intense concentration I felt like painting these barnyard babes.

Eggstra-ordinary Hen

11x15 watercolor on Italia 140 lb cold press paper, Daniel Smith paints.  It has been quite a long time since painting one of my fun yet funky chickens with an attitude.  In this vignette, the hen seems to be cackling at her three eggs or at something else beyond the coop.

Mad as a Wet Hen

15x22 watercolor and ink on 140 lb cold press paper, drawn using several photos then painted wet in wet.  After it dried I went back in with black India ink for minimal line work and loaded watercolor onto a brush for splatters of paint.

Barnyard Boss

15x11 watercolor on rice paper using wax resist of two fowl birds, a rooster and a hen, that were drawn from life.

Retro Rooster Collage - recycled art

10 x 14.75 mixed media (watercolor, acrylics, newspaper, napkins, catalog pages, ink) I composed over a failed geranium watercolor. The rooster head and neck were from a former failed barnyard painting with him and 2 hens that did not quite work.  The hens I cut out also and adhered to an old shack scene called "Chicken Ranch", that should still be on this blog.  His purple legs just kill me; feathers in front are from newspaper photos of old wood.  It is a conglomeration of elements with a whole lot of country style and was fun to make.

Little Red Hen demo

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

Hippy Chicks

22x30 watermedia (acrylic, watercolor, latex acrylic) on Italia 140 lb cold press paper. These two hip chicks are doing the funky chicken dance. Background design is taken from butterfly wing sections for added pattern and whimsical interest.

Mad as a Wet Hen

15x22 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper, painted quickly then partially outlined using black India ink. I splattered paint when dry. Painting barnyard creatures, especially chickens, is too much fun. Growing up on a farm, one of my chores was to gather and wash eggs in Pine Sol. To this day I hate the smell of that disinfectant.