29 faces Day 14

watercolour on paper ( added a few mirrored hearts in some nice glitter glue I had in my glitter box )

Do you believe in fairies?


'Every time a child says 'I don't believe in fairies' There's a little fairy somewhere that falls down dead'
J M Barrie

J M Barrie the master of all things fairylike must be right so 'Yes' I do...
...and while we are at it... father Christmas... the tooth fairy.... I could continue, but........ :)


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Day fourteen of the 29 faces challenge.

29 faces Day 13

Girl with the golden eyes

 Today as usual linking to the 29 face challenge as well as Paint party Friday For those arriving from paint party I am now approaching the end of two weeks of faces!! One different one a day, If you would like to take a look at what each day has brought have a scroll down. It is difficult to come up with something new each day, and for me that is the challenge. How to approach drawing faces in new and interesting ways.

Today my inspiration was one of my daughters hairstyle magazines. The models on the pages have such weird and wacky hairstyles I thought it would be fun to try and recreate one of them.

I drew then painted with acrylics onto pre collaged heavy watercolour board. Originally she had blue eyes but they didn't work too well and thought as she had such a mane of lion like hair she would suit lion like eyes.

gggggrrrowwwl ;)

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29 faces Day twelve

Day twelve brings something different, a work in progress

It is a large canvas I completed at the end of August and is now on display at the Skyeworks Gallery on the Isle of Skye.
I thought it would be fun to post a few WIP posts into the 29 faces challenge so you can watch her progress, I'll post the finished work at the end of the challenge. I started after initially drawing out the design collaging with bookpapers and then a quick wash in acrylics of the rough shapes. I will later begin to collage over these purple shapes with hand printed papers.

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29 faces Day eleven

Meadowsweet

 Today a hark back to summer and the warm summer breeze filled with the scent of wildflowers.

she painted on watercolour board with acrylics. I added gold highlights for a shimmery feel.

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29 faces Day ten

Stella

  Stella was given a little digital change as I wanted her to be swimming in a sea of stars.

Neocrayon and acrylic

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29 faces Day nine

Today it's another painting of my favourite model my daughter, She doesn't seem to mind sitting still for long periods, which is rather a blessing and so far isn't getting fed up with me asking to draw her!!
This time I have stylised her a little and made a Klimtesque style homage. I am a huge lover of Klimt.

I would have loved to spend time on all the intricate patterns in the background but as usual time is short!!

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29 faces Day eight

Today brings a bit of sea air, a taste of salt seaspray and my Seasprite.

She is painted on card with collaged bookpapers as a background and lots of glitter!! I am a great believer that a bit of glitter goes a long way :) I used crackle medium on her face for a weathered look.

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