Marie
Ξ November 11th, 2009 | → 1 Comments | ∇ Art-tastic, Les Petite Dolls, The Great Outdoors! |
Here she is in all her golden glory. Decked out in pink and with flowers breezing by she’s ready for her country garden. Using a plethora of mediums I first started by sketching and woodburning Marie onto birch wood. My second process is always shading the faces. Once I have that 3/4 of the way finished I start the messy creative process… of which I almost always have no clue where it will lead me. For her dress I used the idea of mosiacing and layering as I did with the background for *Gold and Lace.* Once I had that done I painted the background the rest of the painting Spring Green. I then began my collaging. Leafs here, flowers, there. On this piece if you look deep enough on the left side of the canvas… especially near the bottom you should be able to spot some paper lace beneath the many layers. Over the top of that I did some painting and collaging and used pearlized crayola crayons and my quilting iron. I dripped white and pink and blended them together. Near the top of the piece I used a lacey/floral pink tissue paper to tone down some of the wax and and more texture. I always crinkle my papers before using them so they add more interest. With the flowers, hearts, leaves, and gold leafing she looks pretty dressed up. I added bits of this and that to add finishing touches, including using texture paste for her hair and rubbing it with pink chalk after the paint was dry. Before I finish a painting off I use a fleshtone paint mixed with glaze to soften her skin. After a few coats of that I add some pink chalk to her cheeks and blend it in. And to top off her makeup I add black charcoal and blend it around her eyes. I think she turned out sweet. See ya … I’m gonna go eat cake!
