I can not believe that we are near the end of
September! I have to say that I have
really enjoyed the 29 Faces in September 2014 challenge. Also the Living Beings theme over at Art
Journal Journey. So thanks to the lovely
ladies that host them.
Face 20
This is Ashley, she loves all living creatures and all
creatures seem to love her. Dogs and
cats come running when she is in their territory. Birds hover near her and sing songs to her! She is a magical girl who walks through life
with lots of compassion. If you see her,
smile and watch the magic happen.
Face 21
This is Kasey, she is dressed up in her party dress, it is her eighth
birthday and all her friends are coming.
She is twitching with excitement as she watches her mother sets out the
spread they will be having … there are
fairy lights, jelly beans and pink and purple cupcakes! Best of all, there will be lots of
presents!!!!
Faces 22, 23 AND 24
On Monday Morning I was
doing a bit of blog reading while the kettle boiled for my breakfast. I happen to hit on Morag of Paper Rainbow’s post about
an Australian Artist Peter Rush (see here) He does
street scenes of Sydney with coloured pencils on old cereal cartons. They were awesome. My eye spotted the weetbix carton I had just put
near the fireplace for burning. Ummm ….I
fetched it and made a few marks…….. An hour or so later the above was underway
and my weetbix were soggy! Needless to
say I was so excited with how the coloured pencils worked on this card, that I
had finished the picture well before lunch.
Three more faces done!
These
ladies are three sisters, Bertha, Agatha and Elisabeth.
The first and eldest sister Bertha loves to
be indoors and hates being outside because of the creepy crawlies. She is often to be found standing at the
window watching her sisters’ antics with disapproval. Did you see how a bee has managed to invade
her kingdom!
The middle sister Agatha,
is a bit mixed up, she admires both her sisters and wants to be like them, but she
can’t stand Bertha's nagging and she is actually very nervous of nature and
really wants to be inside. The youngest
is a creature of nature she loves to dance in the woods singing to all the
creatures she finds, especially the little people.
I just love using the boxes and will be doing more of this. Now,
for my beauty of the week:
Face 25
This is Catherina,
she wants to be a model, but has been let down by un scrupulous agents trying
to manipulate her into dodgy ventures.
Despite her fragile exterior there is a strength within her that will
help her to avoid all the pitfall of her chosen career, good luck Catherina, I
know you will succeed!
I was going
to show how I make some textures with my home made stamps this week but I have
decided to wait till 29 faces is over and do a series on my techniques
then.
However I can give one tip that
follows on from my step by step last week.
While I was doing the three sisters, I realised that all my faces no
matter their medium I do a layer of white.
For pencil; work I use a white pencil as it softens the marks. For watercolours and acrylics I use zinc
white acrylic paint and do a thin wash, yes even over watercolour faces such as
Catherina.
I just love the soft magical
feel it gives.
Even though
I am enjoying all the challenges this month I will be glad when things are back
to normal, it is spring here and everything is growing at a pace. My poor garden is sadly neglected. Don’t you think that Bro is trying to tell me
something!!
Well, have a wonderful week every
body!
