Monday, August 31, 2020
Green Dragonfly
8x8 watercolor on Masters Premium paper 140 lb cold press finished yesterday, another in my dragonfly series. Its vibrant green body blends in with the grasses surrounding this flying insect.
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Sunday, August 30, 2020
August Dragonfly
6x12 watercolor of a contemporary winged insect, the lovely dragonfly, done with a #1 rigger/script liner brush on 140 lb Strathmore cold press paper, wet on dry, a few days ago. I will be painted this subject again.
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Saturday, August 29, 2020
Orange Dragonfly
8x8 watercolor of a lone orange dragonfly as it lights on a flower stem. Wildlife is always exciting to paint and explore the world they inhabit. This is another ongoing insect in my dragonfly series so stay tuned.
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Friday, August 28, 2020
Colored Hair
8.25x5.25 mixed media in junk journal using Brusho, watercolor, Micron 05 pen, and collage done last weekend, a fun exercise of elaborating on a hairstyle that has gone out of style, or has it? It is enjoyable to do wild women and their hair and wardrobes.
COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith
Thursday, August 27, 2020
Helen's Peony
12x9 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done over the past week in another WetCanvas challenge of 2 hours time limit; my time was about 50 minutes to paint this floral, a red peony, of Helen's.
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Wednesday, August 26, 2020
California Poppy Cluster in Junk Journal
8.25x5.25 mixed media using colored pencils, watercolor, collage over gesso on junk journal page. I used California poppies images of mine to do this art.
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Tuesday, August 25, 2020
Chickadee Eating Sunflower Seeds
5.25x8.25 ink sketch in my junk journal using STA Lictin 05 pen on an old page sprayed with Tim Holtz antique stain. I used the brush pen of STA Lictin to get the blackest areas of the sketch done.
This is another in my chickadee series.
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