Vintage Girl on Canvas #2

I tried another canvas with mixed media

and a painted figure (2) actually,

but still had some trouble with getting

the faces in the right spot.

I love the color combo on this one 

and the use of the two figures so 

my quotes could be about friendship.

Vintage Girl on Canvas

I can't believe this is the 3rd week of my E-course!

I don't want it to end, it's been a blast...

this project continues along the lines of 

previous ones with mixed media.

However on this one we used paints to 

complete the girl and her clothing. 

And used modeling paste to make her hair

so it has actual ridges and swirls that are

raised to the touch.

Because of where I placed her I was unable to

get her facial features to work so (as our

teacher says), "then leave it blank"...

so I did.

Self Portrait

This is another project I did

for the E-course.

It is mixed media with a self portrait.

The photo was printed on regular paper 

so it would be very light and easy to cover, 

and then gone over with charcoal and graphite pencils.

"Marks-All" Painting

The 2nd week of the E-course is still focused on 

sketching over multimedia.

This is my 2nd project.

I used a vintage pattern figure to trace

and sketch over.

I used graphite pencils and charcoal to do 

the sketch.

Vintage Hardware Art

In our second week of the E-course

we are working with mixed media

and pencil sketching.

This is my first project.

Catalog Journal

I'm finishing up my first week of

the E-course with my last

project for this session.

It is a catalog journal. 

You use a catalog-in this case

 Anthropolgie -

and gesso, paint, embellish etc.

until it becomes a place to 

record your thoughts or to add in

other photos or inspiration.

 The front cover was very dark and only had
the girl on it with some baked goods in baskets
behind her. I added the rest.

 These are some of the inside pages.
The idea is to cover up what you don't like and
keep the parts you do.
Anthropologie is ideal because their pages
are like artwork to start with so I kept most of the
pics intact with clear gesso
and used white gesso over some.
Definitely a fun, artistic week-
can't wait until next weeks classes!

Altered Journal

Just finished my 2nd project in 

the E-course,

an Altered Journal.

This one was something I would

never have tried without a class and 

so I'm pretty excited about it!

The girl is a magazine image that you completely

redo to make it your own, just keeping the basic

shape and shadows.

This started as a basic Sketch Pad...

amazing what can be done with

different mediums!

Vintage Journal

I'm so excited to be joining in 

my first E-Course 

called "Creatively Made"

with Musings of A Creative Life

Our first project was a vintage journal

made from an old book.

We cut out a hole for the picture in the 

center and then added a mixture of

papers to make up the pages. 

It is a 4 week course with many different

artists teaching techniques....

super fun!