Tuesday, 3 March 2015

Birth of Venus.

On my fourth entry into the PA challenge and have taken inspiration from many of the designers.
Last night, just before 10, I decided to tidy my craft room before bed! Big mistake.....or maybe not?
I climbed up to a top shelf and found some small pieces of driftwood that I have collected over the years. Thought that I might paint one and add stamping but didn't want to cover the beautiful wood....so....went to my shell collection and found this!



Mind now whirring...thinking of Treasure Gold and stamped images....LP ones.
Looked at my LP stamps and there was Venus, Botticelli style!

Stamped Venus onto White tissue with Coffee Archival and painted on the back of her face with fresco Vintage Lace. Edged the tissue with Gold Leaf pen.
Rubbed Treasure gold into the driftwood and shell using White Fire and Ruby.
Scratched a groove into the driftwood and glued the shell down!

This morning I decided to add a few "pearls".
Really like my Venus....simple but I think that she works. Overdoing such beautiful objects would, in my opinion, spoil it!
Hardest bit was photographing it to show off the TG.
Thanks for visiting!








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14 comments:

  1. Diana Taylor3 March 2015 at 11:29

    Oh Hazel, this is beautiful - I just LOVE the shell against the driftwood, and the natural marks on the shell look like you've used grunge paste through a stencil - I love it!

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  2. massofhair3 March 2015 at 11:36

    Your Venus is beautiful Hazel, a genius way to use your shell and driftwood, miniature sure seems to get your boat rocking! Looking forward to your mext one too! :-) xxx

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  3. Helen3 March 2015 at 12:37

    Wow that's great! I haven't done one yet!

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  4. Miriam3 March 2015 at 12:55

    How beautiful. What a wonderful idea

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  5. snazzyoriginal3 March 2015 at 13:58

    Such a clever understated use of naturally beautiful objects x

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  6. jgindy20153 March 2015 at 14:31

    What fun finding things to use in our art work. Love shells and your use in this piece.

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  7. Sarah B3 March 2015 at 14:50

    wow - the shell and driftwood look fab together xx

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  8. PaperArtsy3 March 2015 at 16:21

    Love the shell/driftwood combination Hazel. Also love that I am enjoying my time in the hairdresser catching up on blog hops!! its wonderful the things we can create when we least expect to ! So much for tidying up huh!

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  9. Jo3 March 2015 at 20:49

    Clever, very clever, great texture with the different natural elements, Hazel you have fab ideas. Jo

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  10. Julie Lee4 March 2015 at 08:48

    Inspired! The Birth of Venus is one of my all-time favourite works of art and how clever of you to see a shell and drift-wood and have that moment! The swirls on the shell are just like the goddess's tresses -oops rhyming there - and Treasure Gold on shells and wood - well, a simple but brilliant idea: how could you better accent the textures of nature? A perfect, mini project! xxx

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  11. Etsuko4 March 2015 at 22:30

    Great, lovely, How clever idea Hazel. Jo and Julie told all that I want to say. Wonderful taking advantage that natural objects attached to the shell. I love it. xxx

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  12. Kirsten5 March 2015 at 07:30

    That is so lovely.

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  13. Colleen5 March 2015 at 21:58

    Hazel,
    Wow, you do really have an imagination and lots of objects to work with. This is beautiful.

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  14. experiments in paper7 March 2015 at 14:22

    Beautiful piece, Hazel....this image with the natural shell markings is perfect! And love how you've mounted it on the wood. Adding the pearls was brilliant! xx Lynn

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