That was my question to myself lately...They had started beautifully a few weeks ago and then....no green/blue eggs in the nests any more.....bad girls:(Well, I had been looking and looking all over in their yard but nothing until today: a precious cache of 8 eggs behind some old wrought iron gates that had been left against the fence years ago. So many leaves had fallen that I had not seen or perhaps had not looked there. Oh joy! One was cracked and therefore discarded.
In progress....
These faces are very quick sketches
Moving ever so slowly...I am at a point where I need to add some color to define areas but the shape of this girl is not ok...trying some hair (she needs a haircut, badly!), trying a variety of faces (this one is just sitting on top). There are certain spots where I have no idea of what to do...blanking out.Since I am shooting from above, there are shiny spots and unevenness here and there. What is fun is trying some totally new techniques and that was the goal of this exercise in black and white.
I took 2 seconds to take this pic, standing on my stool very precariously, sorry, it is all lopsided:)
I am learning to make masks with contact paper to hide what I do not want printed: great technique.
Meaning working with a white figure blocked out with black gesso...Putting the brush dipped in black paint on a beautifully painted white background can be...scary!
A bit of stamping here, some collaged papers there...What a mess! I will be working on both at the same time...kind of.
I finished the background collage yesterday. Some of the outline has been lost here and there for now. The paper is curling a bit at the top, no worry, it is perfectly square.
Right now...how exciting...Paula wants to win.....again!
For awhile we thought that a French woman, Christelle Daunay, was going to do it but it was not meant to be....this time and not for Paula either who faded away with injury.
Derartu Tulu from Ethiopia wins it. Awesome.
I am so proud of Christelle!.....next year?
