Katie Jeanne Wood

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

Carla – Collage Portrait Painting Photo booth Series

Acrylic Portrait Painting Collage 9x12 Canvas Panel, Original, Colorful, Mixed Media, Carla, Girl, Beehive Red Hair, Pastel Colors
acrylic mixed media collage portrait painting
 
I’m continuing on with my Photo booth Series that I started last month. I don’t know if I’ll ever grow tired of this series. I have always loved old black and white photographs, so this series is right up my alley. I love the hairstyles, and being able to use my creative license, and add color where there wasn’t any in the photo.
 
 
I found out an easy way to have reference photos delivered to my inbox every day. I went to Ebay, and did a search for vintage photo booth photos, and saved the search. Now, every day I get email with numerous photos in it. I sit at my desk with a photo open on the screen in front of me, and I very loosely draw the person. I usually exaggerate the hair or some facial feature..in other words, I make the painting my own, and I don’t copy the photo exactly. If I like the photo, I bid on it. 🙂 I have a huge collection of photos that I’ve bought on Ebay, and it grows by the month. It’s kinda an obsession with me, just a wee bit one.
 
 
Carla with the beehive hairdo is available for purchase on Etsy or directly through me.

Don’t Look, But Isn’t He Cute

Acrylic Portrait Painting, Large, 16x20, Original, Canvas, 3 girls, Collaged, Mixed Media, Orange, Green, Purple, Mixed Media
 
Don’t Look, But Isn’t He Cute
Title of the painting by Mary Hunt
16×20 inches
Mixed media
collage portrait painting
 
 
About: I asked my FB friends what they thought I should title this painting. I got so many responses, and it was hard to choose. I liked the idea that the three high school girls are standing at their locker, and they’re trying hard not to look at a cute boy they see down the hall. I think this is exactly how girls act when they see a boy they like. It’s easier to pretend not to see, and act coy.
 
 
Type: mixed media acrylic painting on wrapped canvas. The sides are 3/4 inches. Staples on back. All sides are painted black.
 
 
Sealed several times to protect it from dirt and dust. It has a slight glossy shine, and a gritty feel when you run your hand across it. If it gets dusty, all you have to do is wipe with a dry cloth. It is signed and titled on the back.
 
In progress shot
 
I really wish you could see this painting in person. I don’t think I captured it well with my camera lens. There’s so much layering, and things you can see with your eyes better than my camera picked up. The camera flattened everything.
 
 
This painting is available for purchase at Etsy or directly through me. I will invoice you through Paypal for $425, plus $25.00 shipping within the USA. Since this is a large painting, I will not be shipping Internationally.
 
 
To see more of my affordable collage paintings in my Etsy shop, please click here

Lauren Wore a Big Blue Bow, Acrylic Portrait Painting

Acrylic Portrait Painting, Little Girl, Lauren, Big Blue Bow, Blonde, 9x12 Canvas Panel, Original, Mixed Media
 
Lauren Wore a Big Blue Bow
acrylic portrait painting

Acrylic portrait painting of a cute little girl with blonde hair, blue eyes wearing a big blue bow in her hair and a slate blue dress. Black background. There is collage paper beneath the paint, but I decided I liked the background dark. It made the blue stand out more.

 
 
 
Well, this is it! The last day of the 30 paintings in 30 days, and 29 faces challenge. It’s over! I painted more than 30 paintings, and those will be coming up in future blog posts. 🙂 I feel pretty darn good. Thanks everyone for all the comments, and I hope we’ll remain friends. I’ll still be blogging. I’ll still be painting every day. So, I hope I’ll be seeing you around.
 
This painting is available for purchase here or directly through me. Just contact me, and I’ll invoice you through Paypal. I became a member of Daily Paintworks a couple days ago, so you’ll be able to find my paintings there, also. I know not everyone is a fan of Etsy, so I try to get other options for buying my work.Tomorrow I will be posting alllll 30 of the paintings I completed in September.

Lesson – A Change in Gender, Girl, Boy, Girl Collage Portrait Painting

Acrylic Portrait Painting Collage 9x12 Canvas, Original, Colorful, Mixed Media, Lesson, Flowers, Numbers, Girl, Black Hair
 
Lesson
Acrylic collage portrait painting on canvas
 
 
 
 
 
9×12 on canvas
 
Okay, this painting has a funny history. She started out a girl, turned into a boy, and ended up a girl at the end. I love how paintings transform as you work on them. Gender changes are pretty normal for my paintings. I never know how it’s going to turn out, and until the painting is completely finished. I often ask my painting, “Are you a boy or a girl?” I wait a few seconds for an answer, then I pick up the brush, and keep painting. Ah, she’s a girl! Okay then.This painting is available for purchase at Etsy, or directly through me.

 
Only two days left of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days and 29 Faces Challenge. Wow! I’ll be sad to see it end. It’s funny, I almost didn’t do either challenge. I was so nervous putting my link up on Leslie’s blog the first week. I would literally get a little sick to my stomach. I felt very intimidated. There are a lot of very talented artists doing the challenge, and I was worried I wouldn’t be good enough. With 29 Faces, I only had to add my link once, so that was easier. 🙂
 
By week two, I was adding my link to Leslie’s blog every morning like a pro. haha I got over feeling so shy, and inadequate. I think it’s because so many artists commented here, and it made me stop doubting myself. I began to relax, settle in, and get comfortable.

Thanks, everyone!! 🙂

Waiting for the Train

Acrylic Portrait Collage Painting 10x10 Canvas Original, Mixed Media, Face, Orange Sunglasses, Purple Bomber Jacket, Stars, Green
 
Acrylic collage portrait painting
Girl wearing orange sunglasses and a purple bomber jacket
with a white fur collar
Don’t worry, it faux fur. 🙂
 
Waiting for the Train
 
 
 
 
 
This was such a fun painting to create. It’s one of my favorites so far from this 30 paintings in 30 days, and 29 Faces challenge. It came together so easily, and for some reason when that happens, I have a great fondness for the painting. The ones I have to work really hard on..eh. I don’t usually end up liking them at all. Every time I look at them, I’m reminded of all that work..all those hours, and hair pulling it took to get it where it is, and I find it hard to like the painting. Everything went very smoothly with this one, and I’m happy to say it’s a new favorite. 🙂

If you’d like to purchase this painting, it is available here. Or directly through me.

 
I want to wish a very Happy Birthday to my Aunt Jeanne, and my grandmother today. Gram is no longer with us, but this story is so special. My grandmother’s youngest daughter was born on her birthday. Aww. :))) It makes me smile every time I think of it. Happy happy birthday to two very special women in my life!!  
 

Love Child Acrylic Collaged Portrait Painting

 
 
Acrylic Portrait Painting Collage 9x12 Canvas, Original, Colorful, Mixed Media, Love Child, Girl, Black Hair
Love Child
acrylic mixed media collage portrait painting

Heavily collaged portrait painting of a little girl with red hair, dark eyes, and rosy red cheeks. Lots of stuff under the paint. Colorful. Stars, flowers, circles, black and white stripes, orange and red colors. I included close up photos, so you can get a better look. If you follow the link below, and go to my Etsy shop, the photos are quite large. 

I painted her hair with a palette knife. I like the ridges and grooves the knife made. It really brought the hair to life. 

This is my new favorite out of the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge. This one is it, and I don’t want to sell it. Aw, I love when I feel this way about my work. I really do. I’m a working artist tho, so like all my paintings, it’s available for purchase here or directly through me. 
 

 

In Which Life Still Lingers Collage Portrait Painting

Acrylic Portrait Painting Collage 9x12 Canvas, Original, Colorful, Mixed Media, Girl, Black Hair

Colorful, mixed media collage acrylic portrait painting of a girl with black hair and blue eyes. Lots of stuff under the paint. She has ruby red lips with white polka dots. Orange and red colors. 

9×12 on canvas
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. I’ll be posting to both challenges, and here on my blog every day. 
 
I’ll be (loosely) using photo booth 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 Will Remember Your Tiny Room

Acrylic Collage Portrait Painting, Mixed Media, Palette Knife Painting, Woman, Pink, 12x12 Canvas
 
I Will Remember Your Tiny Room
 acrylic mixed media collage portrait painting
 
Acrylic collage portrait painting of woman with black hair, pulled back in a bun. She’s wearing a white smock. Peachy pink background. I really wish you could see this one in person. The photos don’t do this painting justice. So, if you like what you see in the photos, you’ll love it in person. The texture on this painting is really cool. Lots of layers of paint, paper, and modeling paste.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
I Will Remember Your Tiny Room 12×12 on canvas Sides are painted black, so you can hang out of the box

Available through Etsy or directly from 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. It shall be a great month! I feel it in my bones!!
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