Thursday, August 2, 2012

Edgy Girl -

I was trying to paint a little more "edgy" than usual - used a palette knife to do the skin and hair.  Mostly, I think she looks like she has a dirty face - The cool patterned paper is from Basic Grey.
Want to see something really creepy cool??  When I first painted this girl I held her up for my husband to see and he said, "You freaked me out cause your face and hers morphed together!" - huh?!
YUP - Weird!!  I tend to paint my girls with long reddish brown hair but this was funky even to me!
Linking to Art Journal Every Day and

16 comments:

Ali H said...

Whoa ! That is spooky ! Love the picture & the rich colours you have used ! Ali

bellefrogworks said...

That is a little strange - I like her face - don't think it looks dirty at all -

Michelle said...

Ha! That's very cool, Michelle! You merge perfectly with her. :-) I like this girl. I don't think she looks dirty, I like the effect you've created. And I do love that paper too!

Anonymous said...

Too cool!
Stay inspired!

Anonymous said...

Oh I think she is quite pretty and I love the paper as background. Nice gelatin leaf prints too. Thanks for the visit. xox

Ayala Art said...

This is fun! Great artwork and the photo too!

Netty said...

smashing artwork. Happy PPF

Unknown said...

Love everything you did here. Your girl is gorgeous and your photo is very clever!

Have a great day!
Nora

Mary C. Nasser said...

Awesome artwork and photos!
Brilliant!
♥♥♥
Happy PPF!!
Mary
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Tracey FK said...

love seeing it attached to your face like that... very cool... not odd at all... I love that background as well... great colour palette...xx

Giggles said...

I love the morphing into your artwork!! Spectacular piece!! Well done, thanks for sharing!!

Hug Giggles

sharon said...

Yes It can be spooky when you realise you are doing a self portrait. love the colours of her face.

Alicia C said...

OMG that's crazy creepy! Pallete knife is fun though you do lose some control. does not look dirty at all to me though! looks awesome

Carolyn Dube said...

As I read your post I thought she was fabulous (esp. the skin- love that look)-once I got to the end and saw your photo with her- WOW! I love that photo of you holding it up!!

donnalouiserodgers said...

this is avery funky image

DJ said...

awwwww she'e purty like you.

what an awesome photo!