Marla #sktchy #30faces30days Day 10

9x8.25 ink on sketchbook paper using Micron and STA Lictin pens for day number 10, for the current new #Sktchy portrait challenge. COPYRIGHT 2024 Kay Smith

Quiet Girl #30faces30days #sktchy Day 29

7x7 mixed media on Strathmore toned tan paper for mixed media done today as day 29 of #sktchy #30faces30days challenge. We were instructed by Margriet Aasman to use a grid to block in features, sketch in pencil, add values with Payne's grey watercolor, let dry, add ink pen then white charcoal pencil for highlights. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Asian Woman #30faces30days #sktchy

6x8 watercolor and ink in Hahnemuhle grey toned wc sketchbook done on first day of this month for the #sktchy challenge that is offered every year. COPYRIGHT 2022 Kay Smith

Hidden Faces

8.5x11 alcohol inks on paper done last week, an experiment hiding faces for the viewer to try and find. A brayer was used to spread colors. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Model

11x8.5 watercolor on Crescent sketchbook paper painted last week using White Nights paints. This is not a real woman but imaginary, focusing on putting in the darks only, no middle values, using Payne's Grey. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Hibiscus Woman

6x4 alcohol inks pulled print that has a woman's features of her face upper left done a few days ago using Micron 03 pen.  See if you can find the letters to the word LOVE along with a couple of birds in this abstract design.
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Sunshine Woman II on Floral Mix

10x10.25 mixed media on foamcore done today.  Abstract background is actually an alcohol ink piece done previously titled Floral Mix and woman in sunglasses is a new India ink face done yesterday on dictionary paper then collaged onto larger support.  I like the new black and white graphics against the colorful floral design for a new look.
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Tempting Woman

9.5x6.5 India ink on vintage book text from old dictionary of an imaginary woman who might have tempting eyes to go with her tangled hair.  This was done last week using only a wooden chopstick.
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Blushing Woman

9x7 mixed media on Canson 140 lb cold press watercolor paper done yesterday using watercolor, India ink, alcohol ink, and acrylic.  First I made the warm colored background the day before then using black India ink and a chopstick, added the woman's features.
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Model Woman ~ demo

12x9 India ink, white gel pen over collaged book text pages on watercolor paper, a demo done today for my Faces class.  Using a model's face from a magazine ad I sketched in the eye first with ink dropper and/or wooden chopstick. Water added to the ink made a soft grey tone value.  A second application was applied to her hair for darkest value.
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