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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.
These look a bit pinker in person, but didn't turn out exactly how I expected. Let me know how you like them as I can do them again.
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.
This is a lovely small hand painted porcelain Lefton angel from around the 50's.
Thanks to Martin Turner's (flickr: martinturner ) suggestion, I tried adding a ring to my18-55mm lens to get better macro shots. This image is using a high definition 10x macro lens . I love the sweet faces these angels have and this allowed me to capture it how I see it everyday. Thanks, Martin!
-custom Heather Sky for Amy- (Amy I donĀ“t do digital corrections on the photographs, I just add my logo; in this pic was getting dark, so it has more red tones)
Old commission
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! :)
Black, blue, orange and green underglazes painted on ceramic beads and carved through to reveal claybody beneath. Handmade by me in my studio, Wellspring Clayworks.
From the archive: Spotted this handpainted tiled street sign when I got off the passenger ferry from Sorrento on a day trip to the island - Capri, Italy