Calamity Jane

 This Speakeasy Girl renamed Calamity Jane is from a bonus tutorial by Karen Campbell at Awesome Art School. This is the second time I worked on this tutorial. I wanted to have her in my Strathmore Toned Tan Sketchbook.

It started out just fine using my Faber-Castell brush Pitt Pens. But then I went off track and gave her face several additional highlights! Nothing I tried got rid of them.

Desperate to save this lovely girl, I resorted to paint! Paint is a no no on this type of paper! I have a Jane Davenport Matchmaker Acrylic paint set, that lets you customize skin colors. I mixed some skin tones trying to cover the white areas, with a limited amount of water. It helped a bit. Now she even has dark eye shadow.

The brush pens didn't work as well as I expected, so I painted her chest and shoulders also. I used Molotow pens for the black outline and the flower in her hair was done with the new Sharpie Creative Markers. I enhanced the shadow areas with Prismacolor pencils.

I'm very happy that I didn't give up on this lovely girl!

Challenges:

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2024/05/may-2024-anything-goes-w-optional-twist.html

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2024/05/may-2024-anything-goes-woptional-twist.html

https://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.com/2024/05/challenge-255-anything-goes-woptional.html 

https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2024/05/week-780.html 

Confetti Owl

 

This mixed media owl was inspired by a tutorial from Tamara Laporte. I copied the line drawing using my Graphgear 1000 Pentel mechanical pencil onto Fabriano 140 lb. hot press watercolor paper. I began following Tamara as she brings her colorful owl into the light. Eventually, began to put my own ideas into this owl drawing. I used Jane Davenport watercolors, a Posca Pen and Dr. Ph. Martin's Bleed Proof White.

I loved working on this bird and enhancing it with additional lines and color.

Challenges:

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2024/05/may-2024-anything-goes-w-optional-twist.html

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2024/05/may-2024-anything-goes-woptional-twist.html

https://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/2024/05/229-mirtillamente-digital-stamps.html 

https://letscreatechallenges.blogspot.com/2024/05/challenge-207-ag-baby-blue-or-pretty.html 

Winnie Sunshine Card

 I haven't worked with digital stamps and made greeting cards in awhile. A friend recently gifted me a coupon for Polkadoodles Stamps, so I picked a cute digital stamp. Her name is Winnie Sunshine Delights and she was a delight to color with my Copic Markers. I printed her on X-press It Blending Card.

I found some nice size rubber stamp letters and printed Hi at the bottom right of the image.

I made a white card from my stash of white card stock and adhered a blue sheet on top. I layered the sheet with the colored image adhered to the blue sheet.

This was a pleasant change, maybe I'll do more of these!

Challenges: 

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2024/05/may-2024-anything-goes-w-optional-twist.html

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2024/05/may-2024-anything-goes-woptional-twist.html 

http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/2024/05/229-mirtillamente-digital-stamps.html

https://www.stampingsensations.uk/2024/05/may.html 

Evangeline Hall Graphite Sketch

 

I love that I am a member of Karen Campbell's Awesome Art School. I get to choose what I want to draw in the Fun Fab Drawing Club. I chose that club, wanting to improve my drawing skills. I do love the projects that come out of the other two clubs, but my focus is on drawing or sketching.

This graphite sketch of Evangeline Hall, a Mature Woman was made easy by following the step by step Karen has provided. It was fun to draw this lovely lady on Mi-Teintes Drawing Paper (Canson). I used my Graphgear 1000 Pentel Mechanical Pencil and a Blackwing Pear Pencil.

Challenges:

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2024/05/may-2024-anything-goes-woptional-twist.html

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2024/05/may-2024-anything-goes-w-optional-twist.html 

https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2024/05/week-779.html

http://unicornchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/05/challenge-98-for-girls.html 

Cruella in Copic Marker

 

I'm happy to introduce Cruella. She's from an outstanding step by step tutorial by Karen Campbell for Awesome Art School. This was a bonus lesson for members of the Fun Fab Drawing Club. There is a fun mixed media tutorial for all, but I chose to do this Speakeasy Girl (cross over lesson) in Copic Markers on Bristol paper.

I followed Karen using a Graphicgear 1000 Pentel Mechanical pencil and covered those pencil lines with Molotow Blackliner Pens. I put the white highlights in with Dr. Ph. Martin's Bleed Proof White. Cruella has silver trim on her dress and in the flower in her hair done with a Posca pen.

I love how Cruella came out, but I was so sorry she was unhappy! So to give her a more cheerful outlook, I turned the two ends of her mouth line up!

Karen Campbell thanks so much for this bonus tutorial, I love it!

Challenges:

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2024/05/may-2024-anything-goes-w-optional-twist.html 

https://letscreatechallenges.blogspot.com/2024/05/challenge-207-ag-baby-blue-or-pretty.html 

https://morgansartworld.blogspot.com/2024/05/morgans-artworld-challenge-76.html 

https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2024/05/a-perfect-time-to-craft-open-challenge.html 

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2024/05/may-2024-anything-goes-woptional-twist.html