The Accountant

5x8 black chisel marker and collage on sketchbook paper done today; photo courtesy jbucky/PaintingFriends.  In the reference a man was standing in front of clear glass lights.  I decided to add collage elements of some old credit union statements in the round globes and also along his glasses.  To me he looked like an accountant thinking of figures, sums, payments, interest and penalties.
Image COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Collage WIP Watermelon Still Life

Now you can see what all I got done in 2 more hours today, all of the melon and its pieces, and even going back to adjust values here and there. I thought the red zinnias were a nice touch.

Penguin in Pearls collage

This is the other challenge finished in which you had to do your previous one in collage using paper cut-outs. I chose to use Veranda magazine ads torn from old mags and made to fit. I placed them on with Yes! paste and matte medium onto Crescent matboard.
Size is 13.25 x 10 inches.
Now this afternoon was total fun making him debonair and dapper in his tux and pearls

Fashionistas

22x15 watercolor collage on AF gessoed matboard. Other media: Ink, metallic acrylics, newsprint, paper doily. Figure design was drawn first then flipped, pears and tulips added last before paint applied. This painting was a demo for the Abilene arts group last year and will be part of the Caboose Watercolor Society's traveling exhibit in a few months.

Image copyright Kay Smith 2009.