Finished!

Remember this beautiful young lady?  This is Amber.  Her mum Sonia, a friend of mine, said that she would love to have a painting of her so I duly offered!  I just did Tam's Heart, Art & Healing course and have enrolled on her Magical Mythical Makings course starting in January.  I just love this whimsey style and experimenting with new mixed media so I was more than happy to have the opportunity to play with new ideas and techniques.  So here she is Amber: The Angel and The Unicorn

W.I.P.

Hi all my arty, creative, blogging pals!  Remember last week I said I had two little piccies going on in my head?  And then on Monday my little snow queen was born?  Well, this morning I woke up and the other little girl, an angel, was there again in my head and this time she had someone with her.  I told Lovely Man about my angel and he said "Why don't you go sketch her now?"  BUT  I had promised yesterday that I would do everything I needed to get done and go x-country skiing with him this morning.  So I said "No" she would wait.  I could see her very clearly and she wasn't going anywhere soon.

So this evening, after the skiing, the facebooking, the family phone calls and the beef stew and dumplings I got out the sketch book.  I had taken a photo of one of our local horses last week, with the intention of trying a horse sketch, which I got up on my computer screen.  And then it just all sort of appeared on the paper, and you know?  I'm really excited!  For a change I REALLY like her (and him)!  So much so I couldn't resist sharing the progress so far. 

Now question is...do I play safe and use watercolor crayons and acrylic as I have been for the other two I have done?  OR...do I maybe dabble with the oils I bought?  OR shall I do a truly mixed media - watercolor background as before, textured wings, acrylics and then oils for the face?

Answers on a postcard please!  Alternatively post them in the comments LOL!

W.I.P.

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...