Katie Jeanne Wood

Mixed Media Artist - daily painter of portraits, flowers, abstracts and birds

Dreaming of Flowers and Numbers Collage Portrait Painting

Acrylic Portrait Collage Painting 10x10 Canvas Original, Dreaming of Flowers and Numbers, Mixed Media, Woman, Face, Green Hat, Orange
 
Dreaming of Flowers and Numbers
I have no idea what this is all about, but we can’t control our dreams, can we? 😉 
 
 
Woman with black hair wearing a sage green hat and an orange shirt. Heavily collaged painting. Orange and green. Numbers, doodles, and flowers. 
 
 
acrylic mixed media collage portrait painting
Available for purchase here or you can buy it directly from me.

Day 24 of the 30 day painting challenge, and I’m seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. It’s been going so great, tho. I’m not getting tired. I could keep going at this pace for a while, and maybe I will. Painting every day is something I did anyway, but blogging, I wasn’t so great at doing every single day. Now I see I can do it. There shouldn’t be an excuse not to, right? haha 
 
Artist Kathleen Coy painted and blogged every weekday for a year. She suggests trying it for at least a month, which I’ve almost done. I think a year would get tiresome. But, the thought of having all those paintings finished..ahhh!! I really want to try it!! Dare I? Only 11 more months to go now. :)))

Orange Beret Acrylic Collage Portrait Painting

Acrylic Collage Portrait Painting 8x8 Orange Beret, Original, Mixed Media, Girl, Face, Black and White Stripes, Paper Elements
acrylic mixed media collage portrait painting
 
 
 
 
 
Available for purchase here
 
There are two great painting challenges going on this month. 30 Paintings in 30 Days on Leslie Saeta’s blog, Slices of Life and Ayala Art‘s 29 Faces Challenge. This is day 23, and I haven’t missed one yet! On October 1st, I’ll post a photo of all the paintings I completed during the challenge. Can’t wait to see all I’ve accomplished by then. lol 

Today is my son’s birthday. Happy Birthday, Ryan!!! I love you!! 

Small Town Girl Acrylic Folk Collage Painting

Acrylic Portrait Collage Painting 10x10 Canvas Original, Mixed Media, Pink, Purple, Face, Orange, Small Town Girl
 Small Town Girl
acrylic mixed media collage portrait painting
10×10 on canvas
Numbers, squares, stars, circles
 
 
 
Available in my Etsy shop here or directly through me. 
 

Here’s a photo of my husband, Greg, and Princess Sweet Pea, my blind kitty who was born without eyes. Isn’t this precious? She looks like a little sea otter, floating on her back. 

I don’t know about you, but I’m really looking forward to Breaking Bad tonight. I’ve been a fan since day one, and ooooh, it’s getting soooo crazy!! I won’t write any spoilers here, but I’m wondering, do you watch it, too? Let me know in the comments, k? 🙂

Dream Dream Dream – photobooth collage portrait painting

Acrylic Portrait Collage Painting 8x8 Canvas Original, Mixed Media, Girl, Face, Big Hair, Peachy Pink, Dream Dream Dream
Dream Dream Dream
8×8 on canvas
 
 
Painting of a girl with big black hair, and dark eyes. 
Heavily collaged painting. 
Peachy pink and gray background. Stars. 
 
 
acrylic mixed media collage portrait painting
Available for purchase here. 
 
Day 21, and this is a little plea to everyone on Blogger using the captcha code on their blogs. Please please please shut it off!! I cannot tell you how aggravating it is to try to leave a comment, and have to squint and try to make out the warped letters and numbers in the code. It is sooooo annoying!!! Most of the time, I leave without saying a word because it’s just too frustrating to even try. If you don’t want spam comments, then approve each one by hand, like I do. It’s not that big of a deal. You’ll get an email, and you simply click on a link, and it approves the comment. Simple. Please, I beg you. Be kind to your readers and turn it off. I thank you, and so does every other commenter who tries to leave a comment on your blog. You’ll more than likely get more comments. Nobody wants to mess with that stupid code.

How to shut off the captcha code:
1. click on design at the right top of the page
2. click on settings
3. click on posts and comments
4. Under who can comment I have selected “anyone”
5. Comment Moderation “Always” is checked
6. Show word verification, tick “NO”

That’s it! That’s all you have to do, and it will make it soooo much easier to comment on your blog. Thank you kindly. 

C’mon Now Little Sister – Collaged Acrylic Portrait Painting

Acrylic Collage Portrait Painting, Mixed Media, Palette Knife Painting, Three Women, 12x12 Canvas, C'mon Now Little Sister
 
Acrylic mixed media collage portrait painting
C’mon Now, Little Sister
12×12 on canvas
 
 
 
 
 
Collage portrait painting of three women with black hair. The tall girl on the left is looking down at her younger sister, the one in the middle, with a c’mon now look on her face. The sister on the right is smirking, and little sister is sucking on her bottom lip with an oppsie look on her face. Humorous, funny! Heavily collaged portrait painting. Lots of orange, sage green, and black. Available for purchase here or directly through me..

I messed up my neck and back up a few days ago..it’s an old car accident injury that comes back to haunt me, and I’ve been in a lot of pain. Like, pain that made tears run down my face. Yeah. Just lovely. I went to bed early last night, and slept until midnight. I got up and took some Tylenol PM, and went back to sleep. Today, I’m a little better, but I have a feeling by this afternoon I’ll be a hot mess again. 😐 I’m being very careful to not lift anything or turn my head too fast, still..ugh. 
 
I’m still plugging away at the challenges, tho. It takes a lot for me to give up on my art. 

Fluffing, Collage Portrait Painting

Acrylic Portrait Collage Painting 10x10 Canvas Original, Mixed Media, Woman, Face, Orange
 
acrylic mixed media collage portrait painting
Fluffing 
 
Woman with black hair, light brown eyes wearing a black dress, fluffing her hair. Heavily collaged painting. Orange and green. Lines and flowers. 
 
 

Available for purchase here or directly through me. 

 
As you probably know by now, I’m using photobooth photos for my theme this month for some of my paintings. I’m blogging a painting a day..links below for the challenges. So, the reference photo I used for this painting is so funny. The woman was fluffing her hair, thinking she had time before the camera went off. I wish I could see the photo after this one. I wonder if she had a surprised look on her face or even know she got caught primping. 
 
Besides doing the daily painting challenge, I finished reading four books in the past week and a half. That’s unusual for me, but I’d finish one, and I felt lost without having something to do while paint was drying. So, I finished Wild Roses by Deb Caletti, and moved on to Room by Emma Donoghue, Before Women Had Wings by Connie May Fowler, and Heading Out to Wonderful by Robert Goolrick. I thought Heading out to Wonderful was the best, but I liked them all. Now I’m reading Floating in My Mother’s Palm by Ursula Hegi, and The Good Daughters by Joyce Maynard. 
 
*I’m not affiliated in any way with Barnes and Noble. I’m just linking to some good books, if you want to take a look. 
 
What are you reading these days? I’d love to know. 

That Look Collage Portrait Painting

Acrylic Portrait Painting Collage 9x12 That Look, Original, Mixed Media, Girl, Piercing Eyes, Face, Orange, Colorful
acrylic mixed media collage portrait painting
That Look
SOLD! 

There are two great painting challenges going on this month. 30 Paintings in 30 Days on Leslie Saeta’s blog, Slices of Life and Ayala Art‘s 29 Faces Challenge. I’ll be posting to both challenges, and here on my blog every day. 
 
I’ll be (loosely) using photobooth photos that I find online for my reference photos for these challenges. The series that I’m working on is called Collaged Photobooth Portraits. I hope to have 30 completed by the end of the month. Crossing fingers! 
 
I made it two days over the halfway mark. Woohoo!! It’s all easy peasy from here on out, right? Actually, I’m finding this challenge really easy. I shouldn’t say that, since I know others are struggling. I don’t have a lot of life stuff going on, tho. Nothing. Nada. Life is pretty easy at the moment, for which I’m very grateful. No drama being created by anyone, and I’m stress free. I’m able to paint all I like. 
 
I’m a few days ahead of schedule, and I really like that. I’ve done challenges like this before, and I was dragging myself in to blog after painting all day, and snapping a quick blurry picture. I knew I didn’t want that happening on this challenge. So, I painted ahead, meaning I got several paintings done in one day. That way I can schedule my blogs a few days ahead of time, and that really takes the pressure off me. I’m not a blog in the moment kind of gal, I’m just not. So, I can relax, and glide on through this challenge. 🙂 I’m still doing all the work, believe me. ha ha 
 
I’ve noticed my comments have dwindled down, and I wonder how many of you are still in the game? hm..I’ll have to take a look around or leave me a comment here, and let me know how you’re doing. 

Troubled Mind Collage Portrait Painting

Acrylic Portrait Painting Collage 8x8 Troubled Mind, Original, Mixed Media, Girl, Red, Blue, Face, Brown Eyes, Circles, Triangles, Blue
 
She wanted to be sad, and troubled. I tried hard to convince her otherwise, but oh those lips. Those lips wouldn’t have it, and no matter how hard I tried, her lips reminded pouty. Her eyes, a hard cold stare. She has a troubled mind.
 
 
 
 
 
Troubled Mind
acrylic mixed media collage portrait painting
8×8 on wrapped canvas
staples on back, sides painted black
Available on Etsy or directly through me.
There are two great painting challenges going on this month. 30 Paintings in 30 Days on Leslie Saeta’s blog, Slices of Life and Ayala Art‘s 29 Faces Challenge. I’ll be posting to both challenges, and here on my blog every day.
 
 My theme is Photobooth Collage Portraits. 🙂 I’ll be (loosely) using photobooth photos that I find online for my reference photos.

 

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