After a week in bed with an on/off fever, extreme exhaustion and emotional meltdown, I was able to crawl out of bed with the aid of a cup of tea and finish a moth lady. Now I need to have my first proper meal in 3 days.. Thank god for justeat dot com I wish…
Category: Art
Lifebook week 29 with Marieke Blokland
This lesson with the lovely Marieke Blokland allowed us to become a diva using hand made patterned paper and a photo of ourselves, I also used washi tape and paper cuts. Playing with all the bright colours made me feel like a child again, however the lesson’s message was supposed to be ‘Today is today,…
In progress – painting dark skin
Painting dark skin is hard.. the sheen on the skin seems to bring out the features whilst the opposite seems to be true with light skin where shadows bring out the features. Here is my new lady (Ermine) after over 20 layers of acrylic paint And here she is after only 4 layers
Ermine moth painting
I painted an Ermine moth, one of these moths flew into my bedroom recently and I spent ages looking at it and photographing it, they are truly beautiful.
New moth lady painting – cinnabar
I decided to paint a new moth lady, this time featuring a Cinnabar moth.
New art journal page – Lady Hawkmoth
I decided to paint a new art journal page with an Elephant Hawk-moth and lady, it’s sort of supposed to describe how nature is both in us and around us.. :)
Elephant Hawkmoth painting
I decided to paint an Elephant Hawkmoth for use in another painting as a collage element.
Lifebook week 28 art page – inner sacred eye..
A realistic eye made using inktense pencils, watercolour paints and pens..
lifebook lesson 26 art page – She’s not happy..
In this lesson we had to draw a realistic face using graphite and charcoal, I used a photo of Beyonce..
