Rescue Horses

9x12 watercolor collage on Canson 140 lb cold press paper finished today.  The idea for this exercise was given to me by another artist who uses it with her classes.  I thought it would be really easy.  Not! You take an old calendar, find a photo, tear into 5 strips vertically then adhere to watercolor paper using matte medium or Mod Podge.  Then paint in between the strips with watercolor and try to match colors and values.  Very difficult! But I do like the results of these three rescue horses how it turned out.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Wild Horses ~ #InkTober 2nd day

6x12 Tombow black brush pen and India ink on Strathmore 140 lb paper done today; sketch was with the brush pen.  I added water to the pen lines then put drops of India ink by Higgins into the wet areas, blending with #8 round brush.  It is for the second day of #InkTober, a worldwide challenge to all artists to use ink in some form (there are many different kinds) and create a painting or sketch each day of the month of October.  Tomorrow I may post one in alcohol inks.
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