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| as you may or may not know I am finally, after six years, moving back home to Western Australia in June. I am going to miss a lot of people here in Sydney, and so I thought I would create some arty goodbye gifts for a couple of my lovely friends...this piece is not quite finished but is for my owl crazy friend and uber talented scrapper Gillian Lester. |
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| ...as always my colours are thanks to Lindy's Stamp Gang products |
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| my friend Julie Saxby has a great little online embellishment store called Jules Gems that sells some lovely charms such as these brass pieces sitting on top of WOW cogs...great eyes eh? |
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| every long feather is hand cut and every short feather is hand punched...I didn't count how many I used so I will just say heaps...I used an entire 12x12 sheet of black cardstock |
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| I love these brass leaves, also from Jules Gems |
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| WOW Oval ATC frame |
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| At first I just used my Helmar 450 to secure the old brooch to the center of this WOW ATC frame but then I decided I wanted some texture...so I filled the cut out with the gum glue and forced it dry...it bubbled and rose, then it settled and I smeared a little gilding wax over the surface...I love it! |
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| WOW Rectangle ATC frame |
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| Green 12x12 canvas |
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| Rainbow 12x12 canvas |
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| Teal 12x12 canvas (Sold) |
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| Red 12x12 canvas (Sold) |
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I loved playing with these canvases not only for what I was creating but the fact that I was actually using the front of the canvas...except 'Red' as she was a requested piece. I plan to create more of these because I loved playing with the detail...it really is hard to know when to stop though on each piece as they really come to life with every addition in colour and texture. I still prefer the style of the one eye...beauty is not perfection and perfection is not beauty. |
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| one thing I am not confidant with is painting faces...I can sketch them ok but when it comes to actually using paint...scary! I was inspired by the art of Pam Carriker to just give it a go...if it turned out badly then I didn't have to tell anybody...I started with a reversed canvas and roughly coated with gesso before painting with black acrylic...so far so good... |
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| I played with tones and shading, defining areas and adding the look of dimension... |
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| she was coming together nicely...I used Helmar Tacky Glue to add my signiture swirls... |
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| every motion of my brushes changed her...she was working with me... |
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| I gave her just the one eye to see...it represents imperfection as beauty...after all who can really say what is beautiful...love is blind right? |
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| I played with a floral stencil for both imagery and texture... |
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| wow what a co-inky-dink that she has green eyes and a beauty spot...just like me...yup I had to throw myself in there as a symbol of imperfection... |
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| I am so pleased with how well the faux lace turned out... |
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| amazing how much the colour changes depending on the lighting |
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| I got a bit carried away...or dedicated to her eye makeup... |
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| The Words Or Whatever chipboard circle was exactly what was needed to finish the canvas... |
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| depending where you stand to look at this, she can appear to be looking at the bird or straight ahead oh her...as if she is looking for something in the distance... |
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| so here she is...Blue...not a mood but a feeling for colour. The quote around the frame says "Look ahead to where your past has brought you" |
