An evening doodle. Watercolor with metallic pen. The girl is cut out and adhered to another piece of sea sponged (with rubberstamping ink) watercolor paper. If you think she needs more please let me know. =) TGIF is approaching and I’m more than ready for it… Hang in there baby! I’ll post my paperdoll tomorrow when she’s dressed – I don’t want to expose her naked! =)
This is my most recent project. I’m just about ready to beeswax this little painting – just a few finishing touches on her eyes first -after I do that I’ll be putting eyescrews in the sides at the top to string glorious ribbons and yarns through to create a hanger. I was lucky enough to get a bag full of fun furs that the dollar store recently and look for any excuse to use them. I would love handwarmers made out of them but have forgotten how to knit. I think I’ll buy a pair of knitting needles next time I’m at the craft store and have my mom give me refresher course. It’s winter and an artsist needs to keep her fingers free, but her hands warm while she’s painting – right! -) Or I could check out Etsy. I bought a pair there recently and they should show up in my mailbox this week. I’ll share when they do. I worked a bit today on a 5×7 watercolor picture but wasnt’ feeling to well and think it shows in her eyes. I was practing shading and using glaze with Twinkling H20s paint. I made her dress from Vellum with a butterfly stamped on it with gold paint. The picture is very simplistic and the colors are muted. I guess it shows my lack of sleep. =P
I might add some apricot colored droplets to this when I’m feeling better. Maybe she needs a furry or feathered friend w/her as well. What do you think? The butterfly on the dress didn’t scan too well, like due to the Vellum paper. I’m also been playing with this background page. I’ve been adding to it as my mood strikes me. This is where it’s at so far.
It’s far from done, it’s a wonderful stress reliever. The scanner didn’t pick up the golden glaze I gave the flowers. Nor does it show on the girls dress above. Adjustments in Photoshop didn’t help either. I have no idea what I’ll use this for later, but for now it’s as effective as THIS! Tomorrow I beeswax & wood burn again! Time to quit stalling and go make some dinner. =)
Parting can be such sweet sorrow. I worked on this mixed media watercolor over the weekend and finished it this morning.
Playing with backgrounds. Still no wood other than small pieces – I’ll take a pic of how the witch is coming along tomorrow. I got my order from Dick Blick and have been blending away at the wood. I’ll start the glazing/painting part of the face tomorrow. It’s a bit dark to start it tonight and it gives me an excuse for a cup of Chia tea with vanilla almond milk in it. Mmm! I’ll be back tomorrow with more to share. Have a great Sunday evening. =)
I’ve been playing in my sketch book and got a bit carried away on a sketch. I ended up making it into a full blown mixed media piece. I enjoy the practice. =) Zero Negative is the name of this one. Hear no negative – See no negative – Say no negative. Create your art the way you like. Nothings right or wrong. It’s a very healing process to create. Enjoy what you’re doing. I have also wanted to be Red Riding Hood this Halloween, but if it doesn’t happen, then at least I’ve sketched it.
I have three paintings going at the moment one is on a 5×7 canvas. It’s my first canvas painting. It’s called “I do.” The other is called – “Pajama Party Princess” – and I’m having a good time making a mess with that one! I have also been working on the Halloween witch on birch wood and am STILL waiting for some of my needed supplies to arrive via Fedex, so get the lead out ppl! =P No new journal entries this week as of yet. More than likely at least one over the weekend to practice techniques. The registration restrictions have been lifted from my blog so you should be free to make comments at any time now without any hassle. (I hope!)
I finished my watercolor/mixed media painting for Les Petite Dolls and have moved on to the the wood burning piece.I’m doing a small one for starters to get the feel of how to shade on wood. The wood burning was rather scary as I was using my mom’s pyro tool and it gets extremely hotter than a traditional wood burner. Once I get a feel for it I think I’ll like using it. The tool actually glows red hot by the tip and if your fingers are too close, well – Yikes! Here’s the results of today’s playground experiments. I’m working on a few more small watercolors that will likely end up in my art journal. I’ll have those up tomorrow. I’m also waiting on a Dick Blick order w/some of the supplies I’m going to be needing so I can’t go any further on my wood peice till then. I’m sure I’ll be able to find something to keep my fingers inky till then! /Wink!
And my first crack at wood burning …
This weeks theme for Make it Mondays is “Brown.” We have a squirrel that frequents our back door for his daily bread so this gave me the perfect oppotunity to draw what he’s going to look like if he doesn’t work his carbs off!
Also here’s a practice face I was working on for Les Petite Dolls. The eyes are too far apart and some of the erased pencil lines around her jaw started to show through during shading so I gave her a greyish hair color and came up with the perfect quote for the mood I was in. It was very late but the house was quite and I wanted to practice. The lights were a bit dim and I was a bit tired and was pushing sleep off. I’m going to practice more today and play a bit with some woodburning for class as well. Somewhere in there I have an hour workout and homemade bread to make as well. I best get too it! Happy Tuesday!
I’ve been very busy with my Suzi Blu class assignments and here are the faces I’ve done for my first lesson, other than making the healing art journal which is a class requirement. I am also working on another in a series of my “Prayer Journals.” The theme for number four will be butterflies in an apricot color with rainbows added in. I will also post a picture of the three that I have completed so far. Just to keep us all updated. The time is passing by SO quickly with much piled on my desk and graphite smudges on my fingers. I’m loving it! Just in the first two days it’s freed up some of the restrictions that I had unknowningly placed on my abilities. Typical I guess for all of us to procrastinate on what we think is the “hard” part. Thankfully what we view as hard when tried isn’t hard at all – instead it’s liberating. =) Here’s the 3 prayer journals I’ve completed –
