Portrait drawing and Lindys Mists

Lindys June Color Challenge

Today I am sharing a portrait drawing on watercolor paper with graphite, acrylics and Lindys Stamp Gang mists!

The colors I used for my background work are:

Jack In The Pulpit Teal

Marigold Yellow Orange

Chesire Cat Cherry

Hydrangea Blue

 This piece is part of a workshop I am taking with LifeBook. I can't take credit for the concept as it's the lesson but I LOVE it so much I am going to do more with my own spin now. 

I had an absolute blast playing with color, mists and stencils. The lesson had some of those lines drawn in the hair and I loved how it looked when the instructor did it- but not so much with mine. Next time I will do something different.

I am way behind on my Lifebook Lessons too. :( No time with kids!

I don't know how all these fabulous designers have time to create such A+ projects when they have kids. I need some tips. :)

The face was drawn and I used some acrylics for the skin tone. The highlighting was created with Lindys Mists and a touch Caran D'Ache watersoluble crayons for the lips.

Layering of mists and stencils here. A touch of graphic line drawings which I didn't like here. I smudged it a bit with water to blend as I just wasn't into the look!

Thanks a TON for stopping by! I always appreciate the looksee and your kind comments!

2014 My Year for Artistic Growth

Happy New Year Everyone!

Today I am sharing a side of me that you have not really seen before.

This year is all about artistic growth for me. I am delving into genres outside of the "traditional scrapbooking" arena and working towards developing my talents in these areas.

I've discovered an amazing teacher Tamara LaPort am I am fully entrenched in her classes. One of which is Lifebook 2014. 

My first project for this class was to draw and paint my Artistic Guardian Angel and my word for the year which is "Grow"

This is a painting I have created on watercolor paper using watercolors, acrylics, graphite and other mixed media techniques. 

Just some close ups of her detailing.

Since I came into the scrapbooking world I have pretty much stuck with the shabby chic pretty side of me. Mostly because that is what is popular in that arena.

 There is a very large part of me that is artsy and quirky. Probably more so than the shabby chic side. I used to draw and paint when I was young and then got into other things and left it behind. I have been suppressing this need to express myself in this way for a long time and now she cries out to be released. So off we go!

We will see where this takes me. :)