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Flower Face
This past Monday our doll club's program was watercolor pencil faces. We all made a head from the #2 pattern in Patti Culea's new book Creative Cloth Doll Faces. Had it sculpted and features draw on before the meeting so we could spend more time playing with the watercolors. I love how mine turned out.
I think she's precious! We pretty much soaked the heads before we started - which really was kind of an epiphany for me .. because I hadn't done that before and now I know why my watercolor pencil faces never worked. They were too dry. Then our teacher had us put two or three colors on top of each other for the basic shading and blend it in really well with our fingers. Another great tip - just make sure your hands are clean! Once the heads were pretty dry we did the detail work on the eyes, mouth, etc. I had avoided doing watercolor pencil faces because I could never get the colors blended right - now I think I’m hooked!
And as usual I made the practice head into a flower face - that way I can enjoy them without worrying about a body, LOL. I just hang them on the wall. I used two different flowers for this one - the red 'hair' is actually a couple of petals. Cute, huh?
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She is absolutely adorable!!! : )
Heather
Judi,
What an absolutely gorgous face. Patti LaValley and mine turned out really freeky. LOL I'll have to try one again and see what happens. She does beautiful faces too.
Love and Hugs
Arlene
Posted by: Arlene Glidden at September 16, 2005 3:28 AMI am learning to add haha I will take that one as a pin doll Judy Love it
Posted by: Jan Demetralis at September 16, 2005 6:04 AMJudi I was just checking in today just to see what you girls have been upto while I have been away and I could'nt resist commenting on your doll head she is lovely. I am returning tomorrow dugh my holiday is over! Just completed joining all doll parts for my gypsy have to dress her up now hope to do it when I get bac k before i send her away.
hugs
She is gorgeous. I haven't been in here in a bit and have I missed some great stuff. I love your Hurricane ATC. It touches my heart.
Posted by: Sandra Corson-walker at September 17, 2005 12:02 AMLucky, lucky you!! I got two sets of watercolour pencils and I've been avoiding playing with them because I wasn't clear on what to do. So let me see if I've got this right:
1. Soak the head.
2. Colour with pencils.
3. Blend with fingers.
4. Let dry.
5. Do detail work.
Question time: do you continue the detail work with the watercolour pencils or are we talking about outlining with micron pens? Highlighting with watercolour pencils?
And I forgot to tell you: she is gorgeous and will make a beautiful pin doll!
VBG,
Kathy
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