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... I painted lots of peepers!
I have quite the urge to start customizing Blythe dolls, but, before making the leap to ripping apart a $100 doll, I've decided to start learning the skills piecemeal. When I was learning to draw and paint in art school, one of my favorite activities was drawing eyes. (Well, that and drawing hands in the "Live Long & Prosper" gesture or a gesture of my own invention, "Die Short & Fail.")
When I realized that creating eyechips for Blythe meant I could spend hours focused only on painting irises, I knew I had to give it a shot. Diagnosis: I like it even more than I thought I would! So much so, in fact, that I didn't study a lick for the final I had on Monday (which, coincidentally, was my very last final, meaning I'm now done with school). I'm now out of blank eyechips and can hardly wait to order more.
I'd love to encourage more people to take up this hobby, and so, as there isn't much information on this process available, I'll try to create a tutorial in the future.
The next piece of the customization puzzle I plan to attack is rerooting Blythe scalps with natural fibers. Since I love to dye wool to spin yarn, I have a feeling I'm going to enjoy dying Blythe hair just as much. I'm off to the Black Sheep Gathering next Sunday to search out local mohair and alpaca vendors. Wish me luck, though. I'm a bit nervous I'll return to Portland with a cria.
All the parts sanded and ready for stringing.
Blogged:
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Around Easter ... I should just say springtime, I get the bug to paint boxes for some reason ... actually I use to paint an egg to match the box & put it inside to give as a gift to family & friends ... don't know where the egg that goes with this one is? ... Was painted a few yrs. back ... When I get into a creative mood, I sometimes paint for weeks at a time, put them aside & forget about them! :(
I used this on a bedroom wall among floral paintings and pictures. Would be so cute over a twin bed.
Little ceramic candlestick with floral decoration, hand painted with acrylics.
13x10x5 cm
Link in my profile!
O.K. ... Here is the question? ... this was all handpainted, just drawn onto the box freehand & then painted, these are my own original designs... So does this classify as a handpainted Zentangle? :) ........... THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS ... AND NOW I WILL TELL YOU THAT I PAINTED THESE PIECES TWENTY YRS. AGO! ... ANYWAY, THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME OUT OF YOUR DAY TO LOOK & COMMENT ON MY PIECES, IT MEANS SO MUCH TO ME TO KNOW THAT YOU ENJOY LOOKING AT MY WORK AS MUCH AS I LOVE LOOKING AT YOURS! :)
A perfectly good handpainted leather-ish couch awaits the next chapter of its existence on Columbia Heights