Art Every Day Month- #2

You can read about it here. Art Every Day. One artistic piece each day. just one. I can do this. 

#2 (well, my #1 since I just found out about it today)...

I decided to just push myself a little bit more with this.

1 hour, no waffling, no procrastination, no 'well, maybe I will leave it for another day to finish'...no hours searching for just the right paper or embelllishment. 

1 hour. 

 

I found this phrase (cut from a book) laying in a pile of papers on my desk. I decided it was a good one to start with.

 I have quite a little stash of pretty girl images to choose from.

 

 I chose this pensive looking miss...

 A background to pick (I happened to have a bunch that were pre-painted or prepped). I decided she needed some sort of halo around her head so slipped a large circle cut from vintage tax reports behind her. 

 nope, neither worked for me, the Bingo card was too large, the music paper too bland.

the dark brown painted 4"x4" was just right. 

 My weapons of choice: gel medium (matte finish), charcoal pencil, micro pen, acrylic paints, a little darkening aorund the edges, a little yellow on the halo, a little white smudged in for atmosphere. Charcoal pencil sketchy-scribbled along the edges and around the halo adds a little emphasis. 

Micro pen to sign the corner. A spray of matte finish and...

Voila! 

time? 45 minutes, enough time to photograph and clean up my workspace. 

You can find A Canter with Pegasus here. 

see you tomorrow! 

~brenda