Tuesday, 4 February 2014

Clare Lloyd 3 Make a face

I was so pleased to find instructions from Clare about drawing and colouring cute faces. I have been practising drawing faces recently and got bogged down with my efforts to make them look real. I can incorporate this style into some of the work from previous Design weeks, like the brayering.

I started off following the video and needed to keep refreshing to make sure that I was doing it right. Found the instructions really easy to follow. I used Toad Hall for the eyes and Autumn Fire for the hair. I really enjoyed the pencil crayon bit too, something that I haven't combined before.

For my tag I decided to use the same colours, including Rose, as the mouth was in Rose. So I painted broad brushstrokes of my 3 colours and used the same paint to decorate the dress. Then I stamped a few words and some Darcy hearts and Distress inked in Olive around the edges.

I stamped some more Darcy hearts onto card and colour washed over them and glued the figure and the hearts to the tag. By this time some people were remarking on the resemblance to someone that we know. This was unintentional!

This tag has a little twist because the saucy minx is hiding behind her demure Day dress and can reveal that she is really ready to PARTY!!

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15 comments:

  1. Deborah Wainwright4 February 2014 at 21:38

    You have outdone yourself! this is really good, but above that it is fun, sassy full of vibrant colour and brill stamps well done.

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  2. sam21ski4 February 2014 at 21:38

    These are fantastic and your face is wonderful, love those square glasses!!

    Well done for giving it a go

    Sam xxx

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  3. Claire4 February 2014 at 21:43

    Fantastic Hazel - really made me laugh!! Lovely drawing tho and her colouring looks great. Love Claire x

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  4. Clare Lloyd4 February 2014 at 21:44

    She is fabulous! Thanks so much for joining this weeks challenge over at PaperArtsy. X

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  5. massofhair4 February 2014 at 21:50

    Brilliant, fun & very playful. Stunning drawing, fab colours & i like the cheeky surprise! :-) xxx

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  6. Unknown4 February 2014 at 22:02

    Oh it's Darcy on a tag. I love Everything about this tag, the hair, the glasses an of course the party top x

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  7. Etsuko5 February 2014 at 03:37

    Pretty tag! Fab colours and drawing. I like patty version too.

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  8. Nicole Maki5 February 2014 at 15:28

    Definitely bears a good resemblance to someone we all cherish :-) This is fabulous. I love how bright and cheerful it is. Terrific work.!

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  9. Sherry5 February 2014 at 18:45

    Your face is brilliant - so much character and humour in it. Love the finished tag too x

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  10. Unknown5 February 2014 at 19:00

    She looks fab Hazel and I love the way she can change clothes - very clever!

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  11. Anonymous5 February 2014 at 19:05

    Hazel, that is BRILLIANT!!! I love the tag & the face looks wonderful.

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  12. APG Jamie5 February 2014 at 22:12

    she is adorable!!!!

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  13. Julie Lee6 February 2014 at 00:01

    I love this, Hazel! You really have created a character. Great drawing style and yummy colours. I haven't actually met Darcy irl, but I can see what Julie means; your creation does have something of her look! I love your little twist too in giving her a party dress! You really are very talented. Julie Ann xx

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  14. Darcy Marshall6 February 2014 at 20:08

    ha! that's fab that she has a party dress aswell, really impressed with the hair. Pencils work so well over acrylics, I use them like that all the time

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  15. Alison7 February 2014 at 13:03

    Brilliant!!! I think she definitely has the 'Darcy' look about her Hazel.
    Alison xxx

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