Sample Portrait Designs

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Note:  The portraits can be printed in any color.  They can be printed on a small canvas (around 10 inches), medium canvas (around 20 inches) or large canvas (around 30 inches). 

Father's Day portraits

Just finished!  

I think my favorite is this first one.  The girl's mother said they call this photo the 'too cool for school' photo.  At last I've been able to do a portrait that features girl's clothing - I've been wanting to do one for ages.

This is the same girl - the mum chose complementary colors for the two portraits, and I think they'll look good together on the wall.  I really like this reddish background color.

The next two are of the same boy and are mini portraits.  I love the fire-engine and the retro colors that the mum chose. It's a pity I couldn't get more detail in the face, but I think the details of the fire-engine and the hat make up for it.

Kissing Cousins

My Irish cousins were visiting for a few months over Christmas and we thought we'd do an artwork together.  This was the photo we started with (...and I should explain at this point that they are not both my cousins, it's my cousin and his wife, Mairead).

I've whited out the background but the original photo was even more beautiful - they are kissing in front of a field of snow just outside their home.  

This is the stencil design we came up with.  I initially thought we wouldn't be able to include the sequins on Mairead's hat but with a bit of persistance I was able to connect all the white sections of her hat together.  (In stencils you need to have all the white connected in some way to another piece of white - so the whole thing hangs together when you cut it out). 

Then we cut the stencil out.  I think it was the most intricate stencil I've ever cut - because of all the fine detail in Mairead's hat.  I think my favorite part is their scarfs - and my cousin's curly hair.

We put the stencil down onto a flat tiled canvas and used my latest technique for getting the stencil to stick down firmly - stomping on it. 

Then Mairead got down and dirty with a can of pink spray-paint.

And, here's her holding the final product!  Sweet :)

 

Portrait Show

I'm thinking of entering a portrait in an Australian portrait competition.  Don't know if I have a chance of even getting in, but it's worth a shot! 

I have to send a photo first, and then if I get in I send the actual artwork. Which of these portraits do you prefer? (These photos are very rough...once I decide which artwork to enter I'll take better photos or scan the artwork).

Quote of the day

Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.

- Claude Monet -

Australian Flood Appeal

A group of Australian Etsy sellers have set up a store chock full of items donated to raise funds for the people affected by the Queensland floods. 

100% of the proceeds (minus Etsy and Paypal fees) will be donated to the Queensland Premier's Disaster Relief Appeal.  

There are some lovely items for sale...and postage has been donated too so you will pay no postage.  Here is a sample of what's available: 

Vintage Fabric Monogrammed Cards - $15

Green Polka Dot Pins - $5

 

 

Gum tree dress - so cute! $30

Do you have spare craft/art supplies you could donate?

Hi all, 

I do volunteer work assisting asylum seekers. Currently I'm helping out a woman from the Congo (central Africa) who is seeking refugee status in Thailand.

She is unable to work and is just sitting in her room all day, waiting for her refugee claim to be assessed, which is going to take many more months and perhaps years.

She has suffered terribly in her home country, witnessing atrocities and deaths of family members. I would really like to be able to send her some craft or art supplies to give her something to do during the day.

I've sent her a few cross-stitch kits but she's finished those. I was wondering, does anyone have some light-weight extra craft or art supplies they don't need?

I will pay for the postage costs to Thailand.

thankyou!
Emma 

Map of DR Congo, in Central Africa