Hi Everyone,
It's another beautiful bright Autumnal day here in Norfolk UK. When I've done a few little chores, I plan to play in my room for an hour or two, then I'll have a nice walk through the sunshine to spend some time with my son, and this evening I have a card-making jolly to look forward to - what a perfect day!! I hope you're having a good day wherever you are :o)
It took me several days to work through the lesson for week 41 of Life Book 2016, but it was a really enjoyable process and as always I tried out lots of new ideas. The wonderful Kristin Dudish showed us how to paint a multi-layered self portrait. Mine turned out very strangely I think, but I'm going to share it anyway as it's part of my LB journey ...
Hmmmmm .... yes .... definitely needs work!! :o) I'm glad I went with Kristin's suggestion to take a picture of the background before painting the portrait as I really liked this effect ...
This was a many-layered process and I kept coming back to it over the course of a week. I started by scribbling positive stuff about myself all over the background; then washed over it in watercolours; doodled some favourite images in biro over that; painted a quote using a brush dipped in black acrylic paint; filled in the spaces with colour.
Now it was time to sketch the outline onto the background. Kristin showed us how to use a grid technique using a printed photo as a reference, but I couldn't print, so just drew it free hand from a photo on the laptop - possibly had I used the grid technique it might not have turned out so weirdly wonky!! Kristin showed us how to mix a greytone palette, which was really fun, and I love the greytone image against the colourful background.
Here's a picture I took when I had just started to block in the areas of light and shadow, before I got totally absorbed in the process and forgot to take any more pictures until the end ...
It will certainly make a strikingly colourful addition to my Life Book that's for sure :o)
Thanks for visiting my blog today, see you again soon and have fun creating this week!
Annie xxx
It's another beautiful bright Autumnal day here in Norfolk UK. When I've done a few little chores, I plan to play in my room for an hour or two, then I'll have a nice walk through the sunshine to spend some time with my son, and this evening I have a card-making jolly to look forward to - what a perfect day!! I hope you're having a good day wherever you are :o)
It took me several days to work through the lesson for week 41 of Life Book 2016, but it was a really enjoyable process and as always I tried out lots of new ideas. The wonderful Kristin Dudish showed us how to paint a multi-layered self portrait. Mine turned out very strangely I think, but I'm going to share it anyway as it's part of my LB journey ...
Hmmmmm .... yes .... definitely needs work!! :o) I'm glad I went with Kristin's suggestion to take a picture of the background before painting the portrait as I really liked this effect ...
This was a many-layered process and I kept coming back to it over the course of a week. I started by scribbling positive stuff about myself all over the background; then washed over it in watercolours; doodled some favourite images in biro over that; painted a quote using a brush dipped in black acrylic paint; filled in the spaces with colour.
Now it was time to sketch the outline onto the background. Kristin showed us how to use a grid technique using a printed photo as a reference, but I couldn't print, so just drew it free hand from a photo on the laptop - possibly had I used the grid technique it might not have turned out so weirdly wonky!! Kristin showed us how to mix a greytone palette, which was really fun, and I love the greytone image against the colourful background.
Here's a picture I took when I had just started to block in the areas of light and shadow, before I got totally absorbed in the process and forgot to take any more pictures until the end ...
It will certainly make a strikingly colourful addition to my Life Book that's for sure :o)
Thanks for visiting my blog today, see you again soon and have fun creating this week!
Annie xxx
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