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

Thirsty Bluetit Bird

6x6 watercolor and Brusho done last week of a thirsty blue tit or bluetit bird. I've used this same photo and painted the bird larger the first time. I wanted to see how Brusho would do on 80 lb sketchbook paper by Masters Touch. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Club Heads

15x11 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper done last week, a golf still life of club heads in a bag. I painted a similar one years ago using personal clubs and bag. With this painting I've added a driver or two more, a putter, and a background golf course and trees. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

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

Checkerboard Cat

6x6 watercolor on Masters Touch sketchbook paper 80 lb, done first of April, using one of my previous cat's photo. The young calico has been painted by me at least 3 times. I've used Rosa paints made in Ukraine, and this technique was a class lesson in the use of squares in a composition. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Joe's Toucan

8x5.5 watercolor and ink in new junk journal which is actually an old book written in the 1940s. Ref used courtesy of Joe, online host for animal art/WetCanvas. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Tossed Tulips

4x11 watercolor on Canson XL 140 lb cold press done last of March, drawing and painting from life, my silk tulips, just in time to see real ones blooming. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith