Fae Canvas

So, I really, REALLY liked the fae journal page that I did and I wanted to replicate it on canvas. But not all of the materials act the same way on canvas as they do on paper. But I still went for it. Step one went pretty well, I really liked how this looked:

Adding another spray made sort of a mess and you can't really see the brick wall pattern:

I drew her and blocked out all the NOT her:

I was really disappointed at this stage because the graphite totally smeared with the flesh paint:

The end result is decent. Not exactly what I'd hoped for, but I hung her on the wall anyway. 

Angel

I've been having so much fun painting on canvas! First I painted the background and then drew her on top of it.

I painted out the background, but I really like when it's not totally covered and the background shows through so it's a little grungy.

And now she's done!

Scratchy

I scratched this face into my paint table!

Happiness is...

I think when you're not used to happy, that when you first start to GET happy, it's a little bit scary. Maybe not for everyone, but for me. I'm used to anxiety, I'm used to stress, I'm used to uncertainty. I'm not used to happy. I grew up with parents and a brother who thought of me as strange. Who made me think I was strange. I've been in a marriage with a husband who has made me feel as if I have no value. I was twenty-eight before I really believed that I am NOT strange. I'm just me. I'm not odd, or weird, or quirky. I'm just me. I've always thought I was awesome, and you know what? I'm right. I'm thirty-three and I'm done with people who try to make me feel like there's something wrong with me because I think differently than they do. I'm perfectly normal. I deserve to be happy and I'm going to be, even if I have to acquire a taste for it.

New Stamp!!

Journal :)

You know I can't help it, I just keep making them!!

I matter

Canvas! I drew this face WEEKS ago and then I chickened out when it came to adding color. I finally put finishing this canvas on my To Do List, because for some reason I'm much more likely to do something if I put it on a list! Silly, I know, but I try not to judge and just do what works.

I didn't add all that much color, and I didn't blend it very well, but I freaking LOVE it. Completely love it! How crazy is that? Usually I'm pretty "meh" about stuff when I finish it, but I love her :)

And of course she needed pink hair. I mean, who doesn't? Also, a little charcoal added some depth.

Then I just added a little bit of grungy and some very significant words, with stamps I carved myself!

You may or may not remember the journal page that she was born out of...