Faith canvas, finished!

well, i signed her this afternoon.  she may decide she wants a few more finishing touches, but today she only whispered a few little things.

here she is, Faith;

my hubby likes her, "even the LED lights in her cloak".  silly man.

i really like her but wish my glaze didn't make her all shiny.  it creates glare and you can't see all her details as well as i wish.  

i worked on her eyes a bit more, and put some contrasting eyeshadow on her.  i made the dots on her face a different color, fixed an area of her neck that bothered me, and darkened parts of her cloak.

here is her earlier incarnation;

hubby went to the flea market this morning alone and found an amazing art treasure!

he wasn't sure of the products but knew i love the golden brand, so took a photo for me and mentioned it was mostly airbrush medium.  i told him YES.  these were items i wanted to play with in a brand that is the best.  i'm so excited to thin my acrylics to a drippy consistency without making the paint unstable which is what happens with water.  there were several happy surprises in there, and i was giddy with excitement when i opened the box and dived in.  he just saved himself some big money for me to experiment!

i can't walk outside when it's too cold out as i am allergic to the cold and break out into itchy hives, so i joked with mark before flea market season began that if he went without me that he must 'bring back trinkets to appease his goddess".  he has done well this outing!

until later,

jenny

more canvas work

this was her before

and again after some tweaking

the lighting is different, sorry.

i've worked on the flower in her hair, and am happier with that now.  darkened the dots in the rays behind her, added highlights to her face and cloak.  changed the darkness around her eyes and will continue working that area.  she's still speaking to me, so i will keep listening.

until later,

jenny

new canvas progress

i worked on my newest canvas this morning.  she seems to like the name "Faith".  i reworked her face shape a tad, she told me the dragonfly wings were eyelashes not eye brows, i gave her a few more coats of glaze, and worked on her eyes and lips, as well as dots.  a girl must have dots.

this is how she looked last night;

and this is after working with her;

part of me wants to add more, but i'm really digging her simplicity.  i will sit with her and see what she calls for next, if she wishes for more or wants to be simple.

until later,
jenny

art challenge suckiness, but i have things to share

well, that sucked.  my so called art challenge.  i did about 9 projects this month, and then fell out of the nonexistent habit.  i did MUCH better with my 30 day yoga challenge and 100 day sun salutation challenge which is still going strong.  (days 59/100 for the sun salutation challenge, and 27/30 for my yoga challenge, following this yoga instructor).

here are the rest of the cards i did manage for my art challenge

meh

pure hatred towards this, so i left it.

this one was a style learned by ivy newport

i've also been working on some of my LifeBook projects, but not as many as i had hoped.

these are in progress, from a class 

taught by rae missigman

i've also found a wonderful artist who does real time, and live, videos on how to paint fun canvasses.  she is a hoot!  her name is cinnamon cooney, the art sherpa.  check her out!  i fell in love with one of her paintings that included a pony and sketched one out;

today i have been working on a canvas that is inspired by the teaching of shiloh sophia.  she had a free easter class you might still be able to take advantage of (free until may 2016), and she was this weeks' LifeBook teacher as well.  i incorporated a few of her other stylings as well.  it's not finished yet, but here are some progress photos.  i'm trying to stay loose and not worry about realism or proportions, just getting my ideas and my feelings down on canvas, letting the paint flow.  there are so many layers to this piece!

you can't see it, 

but her eyebrows are dragonfly wings

so this is where it sits as of now.  taking a break from her, and i will see what she asks me for tomorrow.  i'm loving her so far, but i know details are lacking, and i'm not thrilled with her hair yet.

until later, 

jenny