I enjoyed the lesson with Toni Burt on Faces Made Simple (previous post) that I decided to do another one in a bigger sketchbook with much better paper! In fact, I have sketched off a third face for the same technique...
I didn't re-watch Toni's video for this one. I just sketched the face, added a bit of watercolor, and added some collaged pieces from a magazine, a napkin, a piece from one of my gelli plate prints, part of a teabag, and vintage sheet music over her scrapbook paper dress. A lot of fun and I love her! Can't wait to see how the next one evolves!
This little watercolor vignette is from Shari Blaukopf's lesson in "The Urban Vignette" in watercolor and ink, which I followed along with her from one of her photos, except I painted in our front door instead of the one in the photo. It was a challenge for me, but it was fun, I learned some things, and it made me want to go out and sketch things with my watercolors and ink.
I still live in the little, very old, town on the river that I was born in, and there are so many old and interesting things that would be fun to record in this way. Only problem would be that everyone knows everyone (you're either related or you went to school, church, or work with them, or got acquainted with them in the grocery, drug store, or bank) and they would want to visit with me while I sketched. I can't talk and do anything at the same time. Maybe I'll just go through my old photos. I have a ton that I've taken myself over the years, plus I inherited all of my parents old photos, so I have a treasure trove to sketch from!
But, for now, I'm on to the next lesson, which I already have started, and it happens to be a hoot owl with Tamara Laporte!
I've been doing one or two classes a day since the beginning May 27, and I started one day before yesterday, but had to skip yesterday to go out of town back to the Retina Specialist for a three month check-up. He said my eye still looked good. No bleeding, so I didn't have to have a shot in my eye, but I still had to go through my eyes being dilated, tested, etc. I still had blurry vision when I went to bed last night, and my pupils were still a bit dilated. My eyes are a bit scratchy feeling still this morning, but my vision is back, thank goodness. I have to go back for a check in three months, unless my vision starts going in that eye again, in which case I have to go back right away. Prayers that it stays okay!
That's it for this post. I want to work on my current lesson, the hoot owl, and I need to do my physical therapy exercises for my back/hip. I've skipped three days of PT, due to busyness, company, and the retina specialist, so I sure don't need to skip today. Don't know when I'll find time to vacuum and dust! Yikes!
Hope to see you in the next post! Take care and keep learning and trying new creative things. You never know what's possible, or what you will find out that you love, when you try something new!
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