A Frenzy of Faces

I don't do anything by halves do I - 

why create just one face when you can do ten!

After I made my previous whimsical face 

following the video tutorial by Clare Lloyd,

I thought I'd do some more - practice makes perfect

after all, although I've got a way to go yet!

I discovered a better flesh tone (than my previously

very pink one) by mixing a little 'Nougat' coloured

Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylic paint with 'Brushed Corduroy'

Distress Ink.

 

 

 

I did each set in pairs and they looked like sisters.

Here's what I did with these two.

Made them some clothes, rubber stamping and a bit of lace.

Stuck them onto a board with a background of

paint, rubber stamping and a little embossing.

I edged around them with black watercolour pencil

but I was a bit too heavy handed!

 I softened the outline by rubbing lightly around it

with a babywipe.

Added some sisterly words.

 Finally covered the

whole board with

beeswax.

Sisters with dirty faces!

Thanks for looking :)

Make A Face - Whimsical Girl (with attitude)

When I saw the title 'Make A Face'

 over on the PaperArtsy blog

I couldn't resist a visit.

The Guest Designer Clare Lloyd

(whose blog is Miscanthus Crafts)

shows in a 'picture story' video how to

make a face simply and without sticking

to numerous dos and don'ts.

The video (vimeo) can be found here.

I really enjoyed listening to her and seeing in

a series of photos her step by step method of making a face.

Here's what I did after watching her video.

 I made a simple stencil of neck and shoulders and head.

Dabbed through the stencil with a mixture of

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish chalk acrylics and Distress Inks.

(my face is pink as I only have a few of the paints at the moment.)

Did what I could with the shading (using watercolour pencils)

 - that's what I always struggle with.

I enjoyed making the background as much as the face.

Rubber stamped a collage/text image in Pumice Stone

Distress Ink and then daubed through the swirly

stencil some Milled Lavender Distress Ink.

Then overstamped with a single swirl stamp

(freebie from Craft Stamper mag June 2012)

with Faded Jeans Distress Ink.

Finally randomly stamped (with Aged Mahogany Distress Ink)

the ferny leafy thingy which doesn't in fact come from the stamp set

pictured (sorry!).  It's from Hot Picks-PaperArtsy number HP1010.

I didn't use a mount so the image is intentionally a bit sketchy.

I cut the girl out and stuck her onto the background.

She's not perfect, but I'm pleased with how she turned out.

She doesn't really look like she has 'attitude', but it was

just a word I had laying about on my desk (as you do!).

I like the background too - that's something I don't 

usually do - overstamp, but I really like the result. 

Thanks for looking, and thanks Clare for sharing your techniques :)