Handsome Chef

8.5x5.5 watercolor and ink line on paper done last week.  The real chef I sketched this from was much more rotund so I have skinnied him up quite a bit.
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Fat Chef with Red Moustache

8x8 watercolor and Micron 01 pen on Italia 140 lb hot press paper done over the weekend from my photo of a figurine chef.  I omitted the round tray he held with a drink on it.  Love doing these funny chefs.
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Blackhat Chef

5.5x8.5 watercolor and ink (Micron 01 pen) on Masters sketchbook drawn over the weekend then color added today.  This ref, courtesy Jess/WetCanvas, was one of the 16 featured on the current weekend drawing event on that site.  The photo had another chef with this guy so he was omitted to focus on this happy fellow.  Background color was a mix of palette mud neutral tones.
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith.

Beverage Chef

11x15 mixed media on Canson 140 lb paper done today.  First I sketched him with multileaded colored pencil, then watercolor, and finally India ink when dry.  It is from a photo I took in Arizona of a chef figurine in a hotel breakfast buffet area.  Years ago I stayed at the same hotel and took photos of the little fat guy and painted a larger watercolor.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2015 Kay Smith.

Chef Happy

11x11 watercolor on 140 lb Canson cold press paper done last week.  Drawn from a chef kitchen figurine this comical happy fellow is just waiting to cook something special!
Image is COPYRIGHT 2014 Kay Smith.

Chef Italia

6x6 watercolor over ink line drawing with Micron 01 pen done recently for my chef series art.  Image is
COPYRIGHT 2013 Kay Smith.

Blue-eyed Chef

6x6 watercolor over ink line drawing on Masters paper done a few days ago.  I used one of my chefs collection figures to do the face which looks nothing like the little model.  Daniel Smith paints used.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2013 Kay Smith.

Chef with Rainbow Trout

22x15 watercolor on Saunders 300 lb paper/Daniel Smith paints, done today as my 2 hour painting exercise.  I drew him with Pigma Micron 01 pen onto the heavy paper.  A large plate with fish was drawn to the left, ignoring perspective.  The initial sketch is below from which I drew this one.  First sketches are always the best and freshest, so unless you trace it, it won't look the same.

Ink sketch with Pitt grey pen, drawing the chef from life using one of my figurines from a cute chef collection.  This looks nothing like the figurine!

Daily Special chef

22x15 watercolor on Fabriano 140 lb hot press paper, drawn from a tiny figurine from my chef collection.  This image was used by the local United Way campaign a few years ago and is one of my favorites.

Flour Power

22x15 watercolor of one in my series of chefs, on 140 lb cold press paper. He's already made it into 2 major exhibitions.

Daily Special

22x15 watercolor on 140 lb hot press paper. This chef was drawn from one of my little chef figurines then painted, which is the best way to learn form. The United Way has used him as their logo image. He appears to be juggling hot dishes in front of the lettuce, my kind of kitchen.