Pig Party

6x6.25 watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper done over the past weekend (ref courtesy WetCanvas) on a piece of a painting I'd cut up. The old painting was pink square tiles in a still life. Pigs look fun in the mud with the pink colors. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Muddy Hog #InkTober 2018 day 23

5.5x8 watercolor/ink using Uniball Signa Ultra Micro 207 pen on Strathmore Visual Journal for mixed media done today for day 23 of annual #InkTober challenge.  Today's prompt was 'muddy', and this hog was perfect for that.  Who hasn't had to slop the pigs during their childhood?!
COPYRIGHT 2018 Kay Smith

Sow and Piglets

15x22 watercolor on 140 lb cold press Italia Acquerello paper, using small figurines as models.
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith.

Pork Chops pigs

15x22 watercolor of three pigs in their pen playing in the mud just waiting for dinner time.  This was painted a few years ago on 140 lb cold press paper, wet in wet.
Image COPYRIGHT Kay Smith.

Pigs Collage demo "Hamming it Up!"

Final work done this afternoon in about an hour, adding dollar store gift wrap roses, pearls, and lace to the foreground and to their bodies at random.  I like the pearls before swine idea.  I used Derwent Matisse Background in pale beige (a misnomer because it is pale yellow) gesso to smooth that area then brushed some in front.  Oil pastel accents were added as well in this mixed watermedia piece.

Demo Pigs on collaged paper step 3

Last night I painted the pigs using Turner's gouache and got this far around midnight.  You can see the phone book pages through the paint. The guy on the far left now has some interesting ears! Love the mud on the far right rascal's snout.  I'm having way too much fun now to stop.  But did put in part of the foreground lower right.

Sketch: The Three Little Pigs

My daily sketch this afternoon measures 8.5x11 on white drawing paper using Tombow black and grey brush pens.  Little pigs had been playing in the mud and enjoying their looking for mischief.  Tomorrow will paint a larger work from this quick draw.

Sausage Patty

12x9 watercolor of the other white meat in its daffodil environment, a whimsical work that usually gets me smiling.  Usually after doing a tight realistic painting I will do a fun one such as this imaginary scene on Strathmore paper.  I used Daniel Smith paints.

Pork Chops

15x22 watercolor of three pigs in their pen playing in the mud just waiting for dinner time.

Piggin' Out on Lime Snowcones

8.5x11 colored pencil on Bienfang 50 lb paper of three pigs who had been caught eating snowcones and the far right guy had too many lime flavored ones.