New Collage Portrait

This was a demo in Cloudcroft NM. I only got her face and hair done during the class, 

and the more I looked at it the more I liked it with the drawing...no more collage,  I did paint the background with white acrylic to clean it up.
 

More Portraits

I have been working on more portraits. All but one of these was painted on Toned paper. 

Some tan and some Gray 

I love painting on the tan paper using watercolor and gouache. 

Sometimes a white pencil or white gel pen.

I will be teaching this in 2 weeks. 

 

New Etsy Listings

 I have added some new original paintings on Etsy.

 I am offering free shipping. 

They are smaller pieces. Unframed.

The website is: http://www.Etsy.com/shop/suzypal

My back Gate

 We have a tall wooden fence and I have a few fun things hanging on it.  I went out one morning and the sun was hitting it making wonderful shadows.  It was hanging crooked which made it more interesting to me.  It is 15x11 and watercolor.

Fun Collages

I took a 3 hour online course with Peggy Kroll Roberts on playful collages. It was a lot of fun, and probably a little addictive. It is harder than it looks!  we painted shapes on drawing paper, then cut them out and made them into a picture.

I ended up with a peacock!

 

This one seems too straight but... It's glued down anyway.

Bowl of Fruit

Texas Watercolor Society

 I got the Texas Watercolor Society award. Now to figure out what to use it for! a lot of fun shopping for art supplies!

Branding Day

 

I took this photo at our neighbors ranch on branding day. 

He was pleased to pose for me. 

It is watercolor, 11"x15"