Mick
Mick is our neighbour. He is a bit of a diamond in the rough,
with a heart of gold and so much character. He will do anything for you, and
will tackle anything. He has helped us over and over again as he has many
others. To my relief, he actually likes
his "portrait".
This was a real challenge for me. Bård took the picture of
Mick and manipulated it with Photoshop to make it a bit like it was done with a
palette knife. With that as a start, I first
created a cotton fabric base, then I spent hours and hours burning pieces of organza
in different colours with a hot nib stencil burner, then carefully placing (and
re-placing, and re-re-placing) layer upon layer of the organza pieces to create
the shadings I wanted. Next time I will use a face I don't know, because trying
to get it to really look like Mick often conflicted with how I felt like
representing the face.
These challenges are great!! I probably take them too
seriously, but I learn soooo much and it takes me outside my comfort zone!
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