Some Wine for Valentine

8x6 watercolor and ink line (Uniball pen) on Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook. Two imaginary wine glasses of Cabernet were sketched along with the hearts then painted in this whimsical Valentine still life. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Wine for Valentine

8x6 watercolor and ink line (Uniball pen) on Stillman & Birn Zeta series sketchbook.  Yesterday the two wine glasses of Cabernet were sketched along with the hearts then painted today in this imaginary Valentine still life.
COPYRIGHT 2018 Kay Smith.

Valentine Heart WIP finished

12x12 torn paper collage on canvas is now finished after a 3 day work in progress, about 2-3 hours per day or more.  I think the colors are great with the reds against neutrals and all that is left to do is to put several coats of gloss varnish by Liquitex over it for shine and preservation.  So many things are included in the heart such as blush brushes, red sofa, red dress, dice, jukebox, flowers, an apple (for that Adam & Eve connection), a lobster (for that romantic dinner), Tabasco hot sauce bottle, Big Red soda, and tomato juice.
Image COPYRIGHT 2017 Kay Smith.

Valentine Love Notes

5.5x8 mixed media on Strathmore Visual Journal for mixed media that is yesterday's work in my continuing heart series.  First I did a stamp of text with black ink, then drew hearts with white acrylic.  Next these were filled in with red alcohol ink and allowed to run and mix with acrylic paint.  Hearts were outlined with black felt tip pen and text outlined with black charcoal pencil.  Pink Montana acrylic marker made the edges complete and when all dry I wrote Love Notes on the lower left heart.
Image COPYRIGHT 2017 Kay Smith.