Amaryllis WIP step 3 torn paper collage

24x20 collage or red lion amaryllis work in progress continues with several hours done this afternoon.  I want the background more turquoise blue and the stamens to be more prominent.  There is a Santa within the petals; see if you can spot him.  Tomorrow this should be finished.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2013 Kay Smith.

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.