Leanne's Angel Finished
It always feels good to finish a project. I used to be almost obsessed about finishing what I start - always. This tendency often manifests as a strong focus and concentration from beginning of a project all the way to finish in one sitting. Well, a lot of my larger pieces cannot be completed in one day, let alone one sitting, and when my digital stamps business picked up during 2014, I ended up going from one quick sketch to another on quite a few occasions. It wasn't pleasant to look at my folio and see all these pencil scribbles of good ideas just sitting...
Just like last time I finished something, I'm very happy that I was able to finally finish this angel piece with traditional media, "Leanne's Angel". :D The line art was released as a digi back in April, I believe, then after partially coloring her, I got sidetracked and was unable to finish her until a few days after Christmas. :D
She's cropped here, but the original is actually A4 (8.3 x 11.7 inches), which is not one of my usual sizes. I work most often in US letter size (8.5 x 11 inches), 5 x 7 inches, and ACEO size (2.5 x 3.5 inches). From the start, this was painted with the ultimate goal of gifting in mind. The A4 size was chosen because the recipient lives in the UK, and I figured that it's probably easier to buy frames in commonly used paper/photo sizes than some US sizes. (I may be wrong...).
I wanted to give her golden wings, and there's touches of iridescent gold acrylic paint on her wings and hair, but that's something that can only be enjoyed in person by looking at this piece at an angle. You're looking at a scan, so the light was blasted squarely, eliminating all possibility of seeing the subtle touches of gold but some strokes of brown. ^^; Wanted to keep her dream-like and flowy, so I kept it to a limited palette and didn't work too tightly with all the details. I'm pretty happy with the way she turned out. I generally like working in warm brown hues with touches of colors. I'm going to promise to myself that I'll make more like this in the year 2015!
I'm also making a promise to myself to get back to participating in the Enchanted Visions Project. It's not that I ever left that project. But after I stepped down from serving as a co-admin after two years, I was burned out, and the themes didn't inspire me. Plus, the aforementioned digital stamp business kept me so busy that I couldn't squeeze EV themes into my schedule. Last week though, I took a peek at the themes for the next few years posted at the fb group and I was happy to see so many that interested me right away. I think I'm going to start on Carnevale (theme for Feb. 2015) soon, and be back. This should be a great news for any crafter that loves my more detailed images. I always go full out for EV, with plenty of research, brainstorming and planning/mapping out elements for a detailed piece for the monthly theme. Even if I don't participate every month, I'm going to give myself the time to do more meaningful work for me in 2015. It's the year of wood sheep/goat in Chinese zodiac. I'm a sheep, so it's going to be my kind of year, and I'm going to expand upward and outward in terms of my art and other creative ventures.
Just like last time I finished something, I'm very happy that I was able to finally finish this angel piece with traditional media, "Leanne's Angel". :D The line art was released as a digi back in April, I believe, then after partially coloring her, I got sidetracked and was unable to finish her until a few days after Christmas. :D
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Leanne's Angel ink, watercolor, & acrylic on bristol vellum ©Mitzi Sato-Wiuff 2014 |
I wanted to give her golden wings, and there's touches of iridescent gold acrylic paint on her wings and hair, but that's something that can only be enjoyed in person by looking at this piece at an angle. You're looking at a scan, so the light was blasted squarely, eliminating all possibility of seeing the subtle touches of gold but some strokes of brown. ^^; Wanted to keep her dream-like and flowy, so I kept it to a limited palette and didn't work too tightly with all the details. I'm pretty happy with the way she turned out. I generally like working in warm brown hues with touches of colors. I'm going to promise to myself that I'll make more like this in the year 2015!
I'm also making a promise to myself to get back to participating in the Enchanted Visions Project. It's not that I ever left that project. But after I stepped down from serving as a co-admin after two years, I was burned out, and the themes didn't inspire me. Plus, the aforementioned digital stamp business kept me so busy that I couldn't squeeze EV themes into my schedule. Last week though, I took a peek at the themes for the next few years posted at the fb group and I was happy to see so many that interested me right away. I think I'm going to start on Carnevale (theme for Feb. 2015) soon, and be back. This should be a great news for any crafter that loves my more detailed images. I always go full out for EV, with plenty of research, brainstorming and planning/mapping out elements for a detailed piece for the monthly theme. Even if I don't participate every month, I'm going to give myself the time to do more meaningful work for me in 2015. It's the year of wood sheep/goat in Chinese zodiac. I'm a sheep, so it's going to be my kind of year, and I'm going to expand upward and outward in terms of my art and other creative ventures.
Oh WOW this is another gorgeous image. I just wanted to thank you for your lovely comment on my Blog and to say how pleased I was to see you sponsoring us at Fussy & Fancy. I thought I would struggle colouring your lovely image but actually found it a real pleasure. I am just loving all the DT inspiration using your images! I find myself itching to colour more of these! Judy x
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for stopping by, Judy! :D I'm so happy to hear that you enjoyed coloring my digi for the Fussy & Fancy challenge.
DeleteMitzi, this is absolutely exquisite! Truly a labor of lave and I'm sure it's appreciated beyond measure. xxD
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