Countertop Bell Peppers

8x5.5 watercolor and ink in old junk journal done recently as part of my host for WetCanvas weekend drawing event challenge. The colorful bell peppers were too enticing to pass up. I used Winsor Newton 0.3 sepia fine liner pen. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2026

Striped Beach Chairs in Junk Journal

Striped Beach Chairs in junk journal 5.5x8 using Stabilo woody colored pencils and watercolor over partly gessoed page in "new" junk journal I began several months back. In the 1940s nonfiction book there are many such small sketches or mixed media designs. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Dahlias and Cat Days ~ Junk Journal finished

8.25x5.25 mixed media collage on the last page of my junk journal that has lasted several years. I've used ink, watercolor, collage of various things to create a story about dahlias and cats. Pearl posed for the larger cat sketch at bottom. COPYRIGHT 2023 Kay Smith

Brushmarks

8.25x5.25 mixed media collage in junk journal done several days ago. I used a walnut ink splat that was for InkTober and filled in some spaces using CaliArt markers that are next to a collaged paint brush image. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Outlook Trees

8.25x5.25 mixed media collage in junk journal done last week using gouache and ink for an imaginary scene. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Rhea Bird

5.25x8.25 mixed media done in the past few days in junk journal, a very different bird than the one posted yesterday. The rhea is in the ostrich family and is quite homely to say the least. Media used: STA Lictin 0.3 pen to sketch, watercolor, gouache, acrylics, Montana acrylic markers. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Daisy Jar

8.25x5.25 mixed media in junk journal done yesterday using combed acrylic paint over the old 1950s book page, then yellow watercolor. When dry, I stamped a jar using black India ink, then sketched daisies with STA Lictin 0.3 pen. Lastly, white and yellow gold acrylics were added with a brush for petals in this imaginary floral still life. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Floral Jumble

8.25 x 5.25 mixed media in junk journal done a few days ago using collaged tissue paper that had alcohol inks stenciled on plus watercolor and gouache. Flowers are all jumbled together in a canning jar in this imaginary floral abstract. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Crocuses

8.25x5.25 mixed media collage in junk journal done on the last day of January in response to an online challenge using crocus bulbs that are blooming. Here I've paired the flowers with a vase cut out of a failed watercolor. Sketched with a STA Lictin 0.2 pen, color was put in using acrylics fairly thinned down. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Pretty Pear Collage

8.25x5.25 mixed media collage in my junk journal done today on a page already had sprayed with walnut ink stain and a dictionary page part collaged onto it. Left side red letter text was junk mail from Publisher's Clearing House. Sketched using alcohol based markers, the pear was put in using other junk mail and magazine for torn paper collage effects. Pink marker colored in the bottom and at random. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Passion Purple Skies in junk journal

8.25x5.25 mixed media collage in my grunge/junk journal done last weekend. I used a Tazo teabag envelope to collage on with matte medium in the old 1950s book page. I used watercolor, acrylics, fluid acrylics, and markers for the landscape portion of this imaginary,quirky scene. COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith

Nightingale

8.25x5.25 watercolors in junk journal done last week using black Uniball Vision Elite pen followed by watercolor applications in this simple bird painting. COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith