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Saturday, June 21, 2014

Summer of Colour week 2 and some more Free Art Friday goodies....


So it is week two for the Summer of Colo(u)r - and the colour scheme we've been given to work with this time is dark teal and coral with a pop of white...

I thought this would be a good excuse to practice my portraits, and went hunting for a reference photo on the excellent site Paint My Photo that would work well with the colour scheme (thanks to Carmen for tipping me off about this site!)

I found this piccie that looked perfect .... the photographer is Alex Lee Johnson

And I did my best to bring her to life, mixed media stylee (acrylics and oil pastels on a collaged base)

I am donating the finished painting to the Free Art Friday Swindon cause, I hope whoever finds her, likes her!



And talking of Free Art Friday, I was playing around the other day and made a little sugar skull canvas on a matching spray painted easel - it's tiny, the canvas is only 2" square:


I wasn't sure if it would work for Free Art Friday or if it was too small, but I asked my peeps on Facebook and they reckoned these would go down well (even if the finders will need to be extra eagle eyed!) - so I made a couple more :)
That's all for now, see you next week for week 3 of SoC!

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16 comments:

  1. sue :)11:14 pm

    hi, your painting is stunning. well done

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  2. Unknown11:16 pm

    Beautiful portrait and awesome free art!

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  3. Anonymous1:06 am

    great portrait and use of this weeks colours.

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  4. Kristin1:14 am

    xo

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  5. DVArtist1:58 am

    Wow your art is very impressive. Well done. Have a nice weekend
    Nicole/Beadwright

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  6. Bleubeard and Elizabeth4:19 am

    I would find it very difficult to give this beautiful painting away. You make lovely art, and I am impressed with your free art.

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  7. linda (dots n doodles)11:43 am

    Such a great portrait painting. The colours really work well with this subject.

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  8. Mary Ann Potter1:43 pm

    That's a fine portrait! I enjoyed seeing your work here.

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  9. ForgedinPaper2:23 pm

    Love the colours. I'd want to keep it as well.

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  10. Virginia2:40 pm

    Just done my post for SOC week 2 - more mail art/art if you want it, will bundle up this week and send if you want some of it Sarah?

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  11. Sharon Fritchman11:41 pm

    She is absolutely gorgeous! I love what you did with the inspiration photo! And I love what you did for free art friday, too.

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  12. Anne12:02 am

    Your painting looks amazing! :)

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  13. Cindy McMath3:24 am

    She is absolutely gorgeous! And your sugar skull painted ladies are wonderful as well. Now - how can I get to Swindon by July 26? :)

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  14. Carmen 4:53 pm

    Oops - I thought I commented on this already! I love both of them Sarah - am so gutted I wont be in Swindon to find one of these or your ponies :P It's going to be such an amazing event!

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  15. Caz9:17 am

    what a gorgeous girl :-)

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  16. theboelemas@aol.com1:34 pm

    Hi. Virginia sent me over here as I believe I have you to thank for the Collabor-art that she and Carmen took part in. Love the portrait and the sugar skulls (amazed at how tiny they are). Claire x

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