This is admittedly quite different for me! I do not usually use people in my art, let alone try to draw them. After a few You Tube videos on "how to draw" a few different things, I set out to create my journal page for a round robin I am in locally. The theme of this book is Magical Women.
Since I am not present at the meetings to share my techniques, I thought I would write about a few things I did here. It feels good to dust off the old blog! To start out this page I added a layer of Tim Holt's tissue paper with soft gloss gel. I then followed with a thin coat of white gesso.
Next came sketching with pencil while watching many videos. I had to just make peace with some elements I was not happy with. I then started to add some flesh color and hair lines with oil pastels. Pitt pens, brush markers and whatever was in my art journal tackle box added lots of elements to this mixed media spread.
To get the stencil pattern on the hair I used Pan Pastel in black, it added a great texture. The purple/blue background started off with some acrylic paint, but also ended up with oil pastels and gelatos before I was happy with the shade. I used a fixative before adding in my stickel swirls, and glued on sequins. There was a bit of flicking done with a white paint pen as well somewhere in the process.
My magical women was inspired by "The Mists of Avalon," one of my favorite books with strong magical women. Those that resided on the isle were marked by crescent moons on their foreheads. I am hopeful the recipient likes my entry in her magical book!
Cheers,
Rhea
