Art Block

This is the 'art block' I made for a swap with the lovely and very talented

Jan of Jan's Arty Journey.

I didn't actually make the wooden block itself of course, it started off like this

It originally had a rubber stamp on, which I pulled off.

The letters LOVE were made with a metal punch kit.

I painted the whole block with white acrylic first.



So far, so good, it was all going well.

Then I had to paint a face ....... eek, not as easy as I thought!

I had several attempts, painted over them and eventually

settled for this one.

I used a combination of water colour pencils, acrylic paint,

pastels and rubber stamping (for the background).

The top I decorated with paper and fabric flowers

and in the centre a glass pebble with an image below.

I added more glass pebbles on the sides

(with script under them) and a band of wide pink

lace at the back extending around to the front.

I added two little game pieces for the feet.



I painted Glossy Accents over the eyes and mouth to make them shine.

I pleased to say that Jan has now received the block

and likes it!

I can't wait to receive her one so I can see

in person how it should be done!

Thanks for the challenge Jan, I really enjoyed it!