The theme for April
at Art Journal Journey is ‘The Landscape within.’ I have been a bit pushed for time and decided
to flip through and see if any of my unfinished pieces I could use for this
theme. Gulp, I have so many pieces that are unfinished or unresolved! I finally found one I thought I could work
with. It was a page that I had abandoned
as I felt that the eyes were too small and didn’t match up (Yes you have seen
this girl before; I redid her in autumn colours a while back). I have real problems sometimes to get the
eyes to match, hehe – cross eyed beauties!
Also she looked as if her cheek was swollen!
So I got to and
used acrylics, gouache and watercolour pencils and painted, splattered and
stamped to my heart’s content. I decided
she was rather like a mermaid and decided to bring her in with two
stencils. One of favourite ways of
creating stencils is to cut out with an art scalpel, elements that take my
fancy in glossy magazines. I find that
they can take being messed around with paint a few times. The palm tree I cut out from a travel
brochure and the leaves thing was from an ad.
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What a great idea for stencils! I love the palm tree and the way the face is peering through the foliage.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all Sharon.. I had to smile by reading your post! I also always have probs with my faces..my daughter and husband always smile on my portraits.. but Sharon this Lady in the original version looks like me after joining to much notebook and internet...lol.. than my eyes are so small against my round face... ugly!
ReplyDeleteIn this case she is beauty in the original against me..lol!
And your clever STENCILS!!! WOW( I made some stencils by myself too and had the same thoughts..that those highgloss papers in the junk are fab for quick stencil making- but didn't make many such stencils yet- I confess -- time is a treasure we know -lol)
She is now a real Beauty .. in your always fantastic blues with this hint of pink and lavender and a touch of mint.. I adore this colors..
they are unique - absolutely Sharon- style!
Thank you so much for joining us again over on
ART-JOURNAL-JOURNEY
Thank you Sharon for this fantastic entry!
xxx
Susi
from cold Austria at the moment ..brrr!
Beautiful - love the face in the background! Valerie
ReplyDeleteTrès belle inspiration, bravo. zouzou
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tip about magazine stencils, a great idea. I like how your picture emerged, it turned out well.
ReplyDeleteWow, that is a very impressive since. She says genai the topic of this month. I really like your pages!
ReplyDeleteSharon this is fabulous! It match very well!
ReplyDeletesimply beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThe eyes in the faces I paint often don't match up - first I didn't like that, now I think it makes them interesting and unique. I like your mermaid, she looks her very own way. Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThe beauty that you created from a painting that you had abandoned...transforming the entire work into a dreamy, gorgeous space is indeed a lovely landscape within!
ReplyDeleteI found the original to be real, and beautiful....I have seen people like that...one eye not quite the same. She could have a disability...maybe she was smacked in the face and her eye was swollen....I loved her....but she is still beautiful in the background of your new piece!! Although she looks sadder now....
ReplyDeleteYou are so incredibly talented.... and always amaze me!
Hugs Giggles
I actually like her with the squinty and swollen cheek too. Just old hangups about being perfect, ha ha! You are right she does look sad. Maybe that is my inner self coming out.
ReplyDeletewow wow wow - so fantastic!!! GREAT WORK!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeletelovely and ethereal
ReplyDeleteBoth of your creations are stunning ... fun hearing about your creative process too...thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteoxo