"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
This is a stunning piece. Blessings!
ReplyDeleteVery Impressive Artwork.
ReplyDeleteI'm really amazed with this kinda work.
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Happy Sunday Sketches !!
Love the step by step. She is gorgeous and you are right about the strips. love her :)
ReplyDeletethis 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.
ReplyDeleteLove this wooden canvas!!! what a wonderful piece....
ReplyDeletethis is so beautiful!! yes, the solid stripes at the bottom are a perfect touch.
ReplyDeleteLove her! And my visits here - your blog is totally inspiring to me... xo Silke
ReplyDeleteGorgeous, bold and beautiful! Love it!
ReplyDeleteI love this one! She might be my favorite so far. The ink hair is fantastic!!
ReplyDeletebeautifully painted on wood!
ReplyDeleteher hair gives an Alice down the rabbit hole effect I think. ;-)
Lovely.
She is beautiful. I loved reading about each step. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteShe is so pretty.
ReplyDeleteLiefs, Melanie
wonderful to watch this come to life, it turned out stunning.
ReplyDeleteShe is really great and fab idea working on wood.
ReplyDeleteVery cool... Better & better... I love the hair- great tip... Going to try!
ReplyDeleteOh 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!!!!!
ReplyDeleteSandy
Beautiful! And love the idea of the balsa wood on canvas :-)
ReplyDeleteWonderful piece
ReplyDeleteI love the way u did her hair! Great texture!
ReplyDeleteThis is amazing. I love how you put it on canvas and added those stripes.
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