Sunday, June 29, 2014

Compendium of Curosities Vol. 3 Challenge Week No. 5

Here's my tag for CC3C #5 - part 1 of the distress watercoloring technique on page 39 of Tim's Book - sponsored by Inspiration Emporium.  I have been drawing all kinds of faces in my journals - it's the only way to get better! - and so I drew a face with graphite pencils on watercolor paper and used the technique to add color to it.  I'll admit that I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out - the subtle color from the watercoloring technique suits it well.  I also stamped flowers with a Hero Arts stamp and colored those too and then cut them out creating a wreath for her head.  The big #10 tag is covered with tissue wrap and colored with water spritzed Distress paint after gesso was brayered onto the text to tone it down a bit.  The final touch is the quote by William Wordsworth.

3 comments:

My name is Erika. said...

That face is fantastic! Her eyes are so pretty and blue.

Candy C said...

Wow! This tag is gorgeous! I so love your design on this! The background is amazing and really is the perfect setting for your lovely watercolored girl with the beautiful flowers in her hair. I also LOVE your sentiment! Thanks so much for sharing your wonderful art with us at CC3C. <3 Candy

Anita Houston The Artful Maven said...

LOVE what this says and your watercoloring is wonderful too! Great tag! Thanks so much for joining us on this painty challenge here at CC3Challenge!!