Well a very sniffy hello to all my arty, bloggy friends! Yep I tucked myself up on the couch most of the day with the lovely Tam and her tutorials having woken up with a sore throat and the sniffles! Lovely Man disappeared off to practice ballroom dancing on his own and then, bless him, he went to the cat rescue and did my hour of volunteering! What a yummy man eh? So anyway having watched the tutorial my creativity started to get the better of my cold and I took off down to the studio for some painting therapy!
Last night I had Gesso'd a canvas which was now dry and ready. I re-sketched me from yesterday having studied Tam's instructions. Keep it simple, make the eyes larger, mouth smaller and so on. I also finally worked out, again with a little help from Tam, how to get the background effect I had been longing for! Gee Whizz I am so glad it's easier than the methodology I'd concocted! Lesson here is watch the tutorial BEFORE you start! So...it's not finished yet but I have had to leave it to dry off a bit before I can go to the next stage, and well Lovely Man deserves a little attention for being so nice doesn't he?
Ok progress so far...
Very nicely done Rona. She/you are quite lovely. I am still trying to get caught up with everyone, I almost hate going away anymore as it is so hard to catch up.
ReplyDeleteThank you Marlene! Nice to have you back amongst us! I am quite pleased with it so far. I know it's not perfect but it's a style and technique I have never tried before and I still can't quite believe it's come out this good!
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Very nice Rona!! Don't you just love Tam!! :)
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