Holly Jolly Santa

8.5x5.5 mixed media done last week of an imaginary Santa Claus portrait. I used Winsor Newton sepia 0.3 fine liner pen, White Nights watercolors, Crayola Pip Squeak washable markers, and Tombow brush pens for portraits. This is in Master's Touch mixed media sketchbook. Lots of fun creating Old St. Nick as he's always smiling. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2025

Santa Star

8.5x5.5 mixed media on sketchbook 80 lb paper done about a week ago. I used wax crayons to sketch Santa then filled in colors with watercolor in this imaginary Christmas holiday Santa portrait. COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2024

Classy Santa in junk journal

8.25x5.25 another image done yesterday in my junk/grunge journal. He's a classy Santa in his black trimmed suit. I sketched in hard charcoal pencil over gesso, then added acrylics and three snowflakes collage.  Also I used peach marker for skin tones and watercolor for eyes. Colors should do well to spiff up the old 1959 discarded book I'm using for a journal. Image courtesy Li Newton/WetCanvas in a weekend drawing event. Participants have 2 hours to select an image and paint or sketch it.
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