Retro Rooster collage

10 x 14.75 mixed media (watercolor, acrylics, newspaper, napkins, catalog pages, ink) I composed over a failed geranium watercolor. The rooster head and neck were from a former failed barnyard painting with him and 2 hens that did not quite work. The hens I cut out also and adhered to an old shack scene called "Chicken Ranch", that some may remember. His purple legs just kill me; feathers in front are from newspaper photos of old wood. It is a conglomeration of elements with a whole lot of country style and was fun to make.

Original BEFORE version of Got Milk?

Here's the original painting 22x15 half sheet in all its horrible glory.  I took an ordinary photo of 3 cats then added arbitrary shapes of pure color with some intertwining on top of cat shapes  Just too awful! So I cropped 5 inches off its bottom half then added white latex acrylic in an attempt to soften them a bit.  I did sell this one after framing it in wide silver wood molding and double matting it in black and gray.



Got Milk? Recycled Watercolor

17 x 15 dilute latex acrylic over existing watercolor of 3 cats that just did not work! I cropped 5 inches off the top, totally wet it front and back, then very wetly applied Benjamin Moore white latex acrylic with my fingers over the whole image.  When dry I enhanced the areas behind lighter colored cats to push them forward and vice versa for the black kitty.  Wax crayon was used to draw the original line drawing.  I will post the original watercolor for comparison BEFORE and after versions so you can see.  So stay tuned!!!