"Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die, life is a broken wing bird that cannot fly." Langston Hughes
I'm late this week. I've been doing some of the lessons in the online class I'm taking. I've finished one lesson, and one angel, and I've started another one. In between that, I did another face in the style of the first lesson. Only this time I did it on a piece of watercolor paper.
She did end up telling me not to give up! I didn't have any alphabet stamps to stamp the words on so I wrote them on a thin piece of paper and used the gel medium to glue the paper to the board and then blended it in.
This is the one I did on watercolor paper. But this time around I had the better oil pastels than what I had on the previous project. I carefully measured so I could put her in a mat with an 8X10 opening, then I proceeded to make her hair go over my measuring line. I decided I could just lower her where all her hair would show because it would matter if I cut some off her dress. I forgot about that when I glued the words on tonight. I may have to end up cropping some of her hair off at the top. I think I could have made the letters a bit smaller. Eventually I will break down and order me a set of alphabet stamps just like Kelly Rae Roberts has. LOL I wish I could hand letter them, but my hand is not steady enough anymore.
Also, I made the picture smaller so it would load faster. The words say, "singing lullabies of love and hope for the little ones."
That is a great angel. I like that she's singing to the littles. We all are little once and carry that little one around the rest of our lives.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Cyn. I so wish we would all be more mindful of the children of the world.
DeleteShe's really good. I like your style!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Rach! I'm sure having fun playing with the different techniques!
DeleteI like them both, but especially the one on music paper. Can you make the mat a little larger? I don't know how you are making those, or if you're buying them pre-made. Two good thoughts to ponder for the week. It sounds like you are learning some things, and one is that upgrading your tools will be a good thing.
ReplyDeleteYour art inspires me!
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