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My piece of art work incorporates beautiful design papers created by some of my StencilGirl® creative sisters: Tina, Claudia, Katie, and Sunila&Aditi!

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Dots2Lines, Aditi & Sunila Mahajan
Natalie May
Trena Brannon (me. hehehe)
Sandee Setliff
Kristin Peterson
Tina Walker
Claudia Neubacher
Katie Lamb
Jill McDowell
Kristin Williams
Debi Adams
Silvia Souza
Cheetarah Cheeda
Louise Nelson

Here are the original lovely design pieces I received.

I painted the piece in an art journal that I transformed form a large paperback booklet. I created the journal for a Jane Davenport workshop - Express Yourself. I've been doing my workshop homework in this journal, as well as my homework for another workshop I'm taking - Ady Almanza's Dark is beautiful painting workshop. Below is a painting I did on the cover (inspired by Ady).

This particular face started our as home work for Ady's class. I had previously created the outline.

As I thought about how to use the papers, her hair came to mind - a collage of the papers would give her hair texture, fabulous color and volume. I tore the four designs into smaller pieces and adhered them to my page. I love how the designs add interest and depth to her big hair.

After everything dried, I used color pencils to fill in gaps and used the background paint to remove the black outline.

Next, I sketched in her face with a white pencil and used acrylic paint to add in some highlights, fill in a base coat for her flower and clothing... and here we have "the ugly" stage - or should I say "one of."

After that, it was all about the details - buildings layers, adding highlights and shadows, and of course covering up what I didn't like and re-painting. 🙂So easy to do with acrylic/mixed media supplies.
What emotion do you see on her face?


Shout Out: to wonderful artists that have shared their process and tips for drawing and painting faces - in classes, on blogs, and on youtube! Just to name a few that I've learned from and inspire me: Dana C, Jane Davenport, Pam Carriker, James Luke Burke, Ady Almanza, Zoe Hong, Danielle Mack, Gabrielle Brickey, Tamara Laport (Willowing), Christine Lorre'
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