Usually, I work with 12×12" canvases. I love the square format, but I'm starting to run out of wall space! This girl was done on a 6×6" (approx.) canvas that I found at Michaels. The canvases were pre-printed with nautical themes…
But since I knew I'd be covering them with layers of paper anyway, they were perfect! I like that they have a little hanger on the back & they're stretched on tiny wood frames.
Out came the paper and the gel medium…
After adding in a little more texture {lace, some tissue paper from an old pattern} I sketched in a girl and experimented with what she might hold in her hand…
Then started roughing in some areas with paint…
I thought she was going to be a red-head…
The dress came out really pretty, but the hair just needed to be lighter.
Here she is with her white hair! I had given her some freckles & she kept those even though she's no longer a red-head. If you'd like her to come live with you, she's available in my shop. 🙂
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