Tasty ~ Day 25 #InkTober2019

8.25x5.25 ink sketch done today in my junk journal.  Image provided by Sktchy.  The man's face and hands were done using a black rollerball pen and India ink for his jacket.  Watercolor used for whites of his eyes and the peanut candy while blue Montana marker makes up the background.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Texas Jack

John Wilson Vermillion, also known as " Jack" or later as "Shoot-Your-Eye-Out Vermillion," was a gunfighter of the Old West known for his participation in the Earp Vendetta Ride and his later association with Soapy Smith (Wikipedia). Mixed media in my junk journal using Micron 01 pen, charcoal, watercolor, colored pencils, oil pastels, acrylic markers, alphabet ink stamps, 8.25x5.25, done last days of September. When time allows I'm still exploring notorious outlaws of the wild west in my series on them.
COPYRIGHT 2019 Kay Smith

Pink Parasol

30x22 mixed media done a few days ago using acrylics, gouache, watercolor and ink on 140 lb hot press Lanaquarelle paper.  This started out as a simple sketch and I put it away for a long time and just now taking it apart and repainting it.
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Spring Fling for National Scrapbooking Day

6x4 mixed media (Brusho, collage, Montana markers, Caran D'Ache NeoColors) for National Scrapbooking Day, always the first Saturday in May.  I usually miss it but not this time.  I cut out a section of a failed tulip painting done with Brusho then added the catalog cut out woman in a straw hat; her dress was already part of the painting.  Blue, yellow and pink markers applied to background and tulip, then ink line to form her shoulder done with Micron 03 pen.  The word Spring was collaged on also.  I do not have an official scrapbook so this will have to do!
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Darkhaired Gal

8x5 mixed media on sketchbook paper done today from a Tombow brush pen sketch outline last week.  The paper was not slick therefore the black ink did not spread much when water added, so I applied watercolor to the figure then Montana acrylic marker to the background.Image COPYRIGHT Kay Smith 2017.

Man at Art Show

8x6 gouache, watercolor, acrylic marker, ink a now colorful version of the ink sketch done during #InkTober last month.
This is on Stillman & Birn Zeta series sketchbook.
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith.

Thai Dyed Woman

30x22 mixed media painting on 140 lb paper that is one of my reworked pieces.  This used to be a horizontal Santa Claus face in acrylics and wax crayon that was pretty bad so I turned it vertically and sketched with black ink a Thai woman profile.  Using artist's acrylics, ink, watercolor, and gouache along with latex acrylics put in colors of her costume.  This work is SOLD.
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith.

In the Pink

11x8.5 mixed media sketched with Faber Castell Pitt pen, medium grey, on Master's Touch sketchbook.  This is a study for a work on a full sheet, 30x22.  With this, today I used Sharpie colored markers, watercolor pencils, black India ink; her dress and umbrella were colored pencil with water added.

Beverly - mixed media figure

22x15 charcoal drawn figure on 140 lb hot press Fabriano paper with gouache paint and Caran D'Ache crayon accents.  Paper was prepared by adhering old phone book pages with half matte medium and half water then pulling off leaving parts of the Fabriano visible.
This woman was at a neighborhood hat party and had her eyes closed while talking.  Background elements are imaginary abstractions.

Step 6 - Figure

Most of the blouse is done, now to attack the purse/tote bag. Gouache is added to the background and to facial planes, and I'll warm up skin tones with DaVinci's permanent red, an orangey-red. So almost done in this step.

Step 5 figure

Hey, I don't look too bad half dressed, ha! I think the blouse will be done in blues and purples with some white, painted very quickly. The brown bag straps and belt were done with quin burnt orange, Carbazole violet, and quin gold. Skin tone were American Journey Peachy Keen, Apricot, QBO, and permanent rose. Already I can see my left arm is too skinny so will alter that. Hair colors: quin gold, raw sienna, burnt sienna, UB, and arylide yellow.

step 4 figure

With this detail you can see I've put in most of the hair sections and background. Some layering will be needed and I got the stamping too heavy but this can always be addressed in different ways such as adding gouache, acrylics, latex acrylics, Caran D'Ache or whatever.

Next Step WIP Self Portrait

You can see the beginning stages of painting my contour line drawing and the white acrylic stamping. I'll lay colors in with watercolor then if not strong enough will use acrylics and/or gouache.

Contour Line Drawing

Here's a contour line drawing on the back of a failed tulips painting on Arches 140 cold press paper, 22x15. I used a black 01 Pigma Micron pen and began at the top of my head working all around, never letting up on the pen, as you're supposed to do with these type drawings. It is a bit more freer than trying to capture a photorealistic image. I'll add texture next, let that dry, then stamping, painting, adding and subtracting areas until it starts to look like a woman holding her purse. The bleed-over of colors from the tulips does not bother me and this will be a fun adventure in preparation for my 23 April class "Funtastic Figures" here in Big Spring. So stay tuned!