A Little Progress and PPF

There have only been subtle changes to her skin tone and eyes since my last post on Wednesday but I wanted to share her here for Paint Party Friday.

Next time she appears here she will be finished
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I am linking this post to PAINT PARTY FRIDAY which is a regular get together for artists around the globe. Hosted by Eva and  Kristin. Why not pop by and check out what other party goers have been up to this week.

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WOYWW

I haven't worked in my Dylusions Journal for a while now so I thought I would do a page inspired by the artist Modigliani.

Still a lot more work to do on her yet. I prepared the page with gesso and have used acrylics up to now but may add some oil pastel at the end. You know I can't resist them.

Hope you stop by again to see her progress.

Before I go I want to say HELLO & WELCOME to some new followers who have joined me lately. I am so pleased that you like what you see enough to want to come back again.

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Sad Girl on a Sunday

I did this quick sketch in oil pastel. Not sure about it though. I think she came out looking too sad.

I had just watched the film 'Big Eyes'. So I thought I would try doing bigger eyes than usual. and they have turned out to be very sad looking eyes indeed.

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Paint Party Friday

I would like you to meet Maisy.

Maisy

Another of my little girls in oil pastel. She is the size of a postcard (5 1/2 x 3 1/2  inches). Other materials used were gesso, Stabilo All pencil and fabric for her dress and bow. You can see from the top right hand corner that the postcard is fairly thin so I will attach a piece of mount board to the back to stop her curling up at the edges.

Hope you like her.

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Before I go. For those of you who may have missed it. Here is the finished painting that I showed here as a WIP last Friday.

She has changed a lot since last Friday.

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WOYWW and The Changeling.

Hello and welcome to everyone visiting this Wednesday.

This is what is on my desk this week.

Over the past week this little painting has gone through quite a few changes.

If you visited here on Friday you will have seen some of them but for those of you who may have missed it here is a few pics showing some of the different stages.

First a change of colour.

Then I changed it back again.

Then I gave her a big dress

Then a new hairdo.

And here she is finished.

The Gentle Wind

5x7 inch canvas board

Last week I said that I didn't like working on canvas board. However I might be changing my mind.

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Serendipity Series #3

Whilst working on my currant WIP there was another contender for my Serendipity Series.

The soft colours left on a dried baby wipe used to blend the water soluble oil pastels for the background which has now been changed back to its original earthy colours.

BYE  FOR NOW.

XXX

Paint Party Friday.

A couple of days ago I started out with a canvas board and some tissue paper. You can see how it started out here.

Now, I don't really know why I started with a canvas board. Perhaps because I have some lying around not getting used. But it has just reminded me how I dislike working on them. In fact,I don't really like working on canvas at all. I prefer starting out on a smooth surface. That is probably why it started to go downhill fairly quickly.

This is how it ended up looking before I decided to change it completely.

So out came the gesso. Then I used some water soluble oil pastels and a baby wipe to create a pastel coloured background..

I then used some fluid acrylics and a homemade stencil to add some irregular shaped circles.

I'm not sure how this one is going to turn out but it will probably be the last time I work on a canvas board.

*Post Updated *

When I compared the before and after images. I found that I preferred the way it looked before I drastically changed it. So out came the trusty gesso (What would we do without it) and changed it back similar to the way it was before.

This is definitely a 'Work in Progress'

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