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Saturday, June 8, 2013

Taking the Leap. . .

"I am who I am today because of the choices I made yesterday."
           - Eleanor Roosevelt
Started with a pencil sketch on a piece of 6" x 18" balsa wood that had been primed with clear gesso and sanded smooth.
Love using Adirondack paint (I rarely use the dabbers on top - just paint right from the jar) because of the great matte finish it leaves.
Started the hair with India Ink blown all over the place with a straw.
Added a background of flowers and vines to finish her up and then attached the balsa wood to a 10" x 30" canvas.  This is one long, skinny piece!
The graphic effect of adding solid stripes of paint at the bottom helps to ground the girl and looks modern and clean to me - 
Linking to Sunday Sketches and

20 comments:

  1. Very Impressive Artwork.
    I'm really amazed with this kinda work.
    Meanwhile Check out my Work http://ashbeezone.wordpress.com/2013/06/09/the-life-of-an-engineering-dude/
    Happy Sunday Sketches !!

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  2. Love the step by step. She is gorgeous and you are right about the strips. love her :)

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  3. this is stunning. I love how you did the hair by blowing indian ink - that's really quite ingenious! The final effect of the wood on the canvas with the bold colour stripes is stunning and you're right it totally brings it together.

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  4. Love this wooden canvas!!! what a wonderful piece....

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  5. this is so beautiful!! yes, the solid stripes at the bottom are a perfect touch.

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  6. Love her! And my visits here - your blog is totally inspiring to me... xo Silke

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  7. Gorgeous, bold and beautiful! Love it!

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  8. I love this one! She might be my favorite so far. The ink hair is fantastic!!

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  9. beautifully painted on wood!
    her hair gives an Alice down the rabbit hole effect I think. ;-)
    Lovely.

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  10. She is beautiful. I loved reading about each step. Thank you.

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  11. She is so pretty.
    Liefs, Melanie

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  12. wonderful to watch this come to life, it turned out stunning.

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  13. She is really great and fab idea working on wood.

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  14. Very cool... Better & better... I love the hair- great tip... Going to try!

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  15. Oh my goodness golly gee - do you have any idea how good you are. She is beautiful and you are super talented. Do you think I love what you do!!!!!
    Sandy

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  16. Beautiful! And love the idea of the balsa wood on canvas :-)

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  17. I love the way u did her hair! Great texture!

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  18. This is amazing. I love how you put it on canvas and added those stripes.

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