Lamesa Longhorn

4x6 watercolor and white gouache done last week over a magazine card from New Mexico publication. This old fellow lives north of Lamesa, TX on the Stevens place.  When we drive by he is usually resting like this and was when I shot the photo a few years ago.  Now he has another longhorn for company there.
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Sycamore

6.25x4.25 watercolor on Bristol 100 lb/300 series paper done last week from another online challenge. Photo courtesy Virginia Spencer/WetCanvas.  Love the bark on these trees.  Even though this is a miniature it took a long time to get the leaves and branches just right.
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A Modern Day Dragon ~ Day 12 #InkTober2019

5x7.5 ink line with Micron 01 pen, watercolor and colored pencils in Moleskine for watercolor journal done for the word prompt 'dragon' during this month's InkTober.
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Snow ~ Day 11 #InkTober2019

8.25x5.25 ink with Uniball pen and red ink pen in grunge junk journal done today for #InkTober2019 day 11.  The word 'snow' was the prompt.  Image provided by Sktchy online art school of a girl in a toboggan, scarf and red gloves amidst snowy evergreen branches.  Splatter was done with white gouache.
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Guy in Patterned Shirt ~ Day 10 #InkTober2019

8.25x5.25 ink in my junk grunge journal completed today for day 10 of #InkTober2019.  The prompt is 'pattern' and photo image courtesy Sktchy online art school.  I used STA Lictin 0.3 pen to sketch, red ink ballpoint pen for lettering on his shirt, white gel pen for white areas, and black India ink for area behind his head.  That area was done with a wooden chopstick as were the brick lines pattern in background.
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Tom Cat and Leaves

5x9 watercolor on Fluid 140 lb cold press paper sketched yesterday and painted today.  The tom cat photo was provided by fellow artist Dewi in Thailand and I've added my own fall leaves and elongated shadows. In the photo the fellow had only half his tail so with artistic license I've given him his lovely tail back.
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Texas Jack

John Wilson Vermillion, also known as " Jack" or later as "Shoot-Your-Eye-Out Vermillion," was a gunfighter of the Old West known for his participation in the Earp Vendetta Ride and his later association with Soapy Smith (Wikipedia). Mixed media in my junk journal using Micron 01 pen, charcoal, watercolor, colored pencils, oil pastels, acrylic markers, alphabet ink stamps, 8.25x5.25, done last days of September. When time allows I'm still exploring notorious outlaws of the wild west in my series on them.
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