"Call Me Annie"
6 x 6 Birch Painting Panel
Happy PPF (it's still Friday, right?!) . . .
I hope this finds you well. As for me, Easter's over, the kid's back in school and I've finally gotten back to some painting (small miracles). "Call Me Annie" was created today on a wood "canvas" (a first for me) with deep sides and a heavily collaged base featuring both vintage and new materials. I was going for a school girl theme in the colors of red, yellow and white. . . .
I took progress shots along the way (I just love myself some Instagram ;) and thought I'd share them here as well. Wanna see?
I began with a gessoed panel and reduced copies of a sketch I drew for 29 Faces
I then collaged with front and sides of the panel in both vintage and new materials.
The sweet girls you see are from old sewing pattern packets.
I then added the sketched face onto the panel, allowing her torso to wrap down the front of the canvas
She was then painted in both lightweight and heavy bodied acrylics, watercolor crayons and oil pastels.
The sides were also addressed - this time with an impressionistic style (read, messy ;) scallop and the top of her torso.
There she is! All tiny and ready to go . . . .
Oh! And before I go, I have the coolest news to share! Remember this trip I took to Portland last October with this girl? Well, upon our return said scrapbooking genius got right to work on a book of the adventure and submitted it to Somerset Memories. She was immediately accepted and asked to write article. It's now out so be sure to check it out when you can. She's a crack up!
Way to go Daniele! I'm so happy for you . . . .
Thank you for stopping by and have a great weekend,
Kristin xo
35 comments:
aweeeee, you!!! and I love love love Annie!!!
So sweet. I love her freckles!
Annie is darling, love her! Yes her freckles are awesome. Happy PPF!
I love that face and congrats to your friend.
She's so cute and congrats to Daniele!
Love Miss Annie!! Really like her body stretching down the canvas and her freckles are adorable! Can't wait to read about your adventures in Somerset!
She's so sweet! I love your WIP shots, absolutely charming freckles too!
Yay! You got that up fast! I loved following this one on IG and was so pleased when I came online to see you'd already posted her! Stunning Annie!
So glad Damiele's book got published too. Very cool.
I can't wait to get back into painting. Aoife's got another week of and I'm bursting with fun ideas.
Love seeing pictures of Work in progress. Good to learn new things and see how other artists do this or that. Happy PPF!
Love what you are making! Good for Danielle, too! Valerie
Annie looks a bit like you my dear!! Gorgeous!! Love her and those bangs are awesome!!
Wow your friend is published so cool!! Good for her I look forward to reading about your trip through her eyes!!
Hugs Giggles
She is a cutie with those freckles and eyes.
I LOVE her she is SO cute!
I adore the vintage style background too and the colours are perfect.
Congrats to your friend as well Kristin :)
Karen x
Very pretty and I love the sweet little girls from the old sewing packets! Perfect for the school girl look!
So beautiful..magical..she is full of life and spirit..gorgeous! I love the colors..radiant..they feel full of harmony..her eyes are sparkling and enchanting! So fun to see your process..pure magic! yay how fabulous for your friend..
Happy PPF
Victoria
Oh she's gorgeous! :)
I love your girls! This one is just darling and the collaged surfaces are just perfect! HPPF
Annie is lovely. Saludos
oooh I love box canvases you can do so much more with them. Loving Annie and the collaged background. Good to hear you are having fun again.
Happy PPF, Annette x
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I just adore your Annie!! Thank you for sharing your process. Congrats to your friend on being published-I'll look out for this mag.Happy PPF!
Oh she is adorable... gorgeous... Kristin... love the progress shots... and her sweet little face... and congrats to Daniele... will definitely check it out...
Jenny ♥
Great collage! I love the sewing packet girl peeking out from behind Annie!
Annie is so cute. I love how her torso wraps around to the side. I so love your cute girls.
Loved seeing your process in steps, she is a truly gorgeous girl with beautiful eyes! happy PPF!
Truly splendid ! Visiting your blog is like taking a happy tour to a place which is always fascinating :)
Love her... especially the way her body goes over the edge... too cute... love that sewing pattern girl on the front...
xx
adorable girl -- love how she wraps around the sides! i love it when paintings keep going on -- it's like having more of the story to read!
Awesome Annie. I love the progressive pics, it's cool to see how you pull it all together.
Very exciting for Daniele too, I will check it out.
Happy Day to you!
She turned out just darling! I love the schoolgirl feel,even her little freckles, and those precious background papers. I just love deep sides to wrap things around, it adds so much.
Congrats to your friend, how exciting for both of you...
what a fab Mixed Media face and congrats to your friend.
xxx Susi
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She's so pretty, with her little freckles!
xoxo
oh my this is so cute!!!!!
I love the elements you added into the background and the way her bottom half wraps down like that! That's so original..you are one creative lady! :)
Awwww, so cute! Thank you for sharing your tutorial also.
She is so fucking darling I can't take it! yes, I said fuck on your blog!
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