Paper Doll Loves of My Life

Week 6 of Life Book has a lesson from Jill Berry where we did paper dolls to honor the people in our lives that put us/kept us on our artistic journey. My four are, my hubby who always encourages me to buy more supplies, my mom who always got me a new box of crayons, my friend who always hits the "like" button on Facebook, and the last one is a combo of all my Internet friends who encourage me with all the wonderful comments that they leave on my three blogs. I kept this childlike and used napkins that represented these much loved people. Hubby is my hero, Mom loved flowers and polka dots, Amy brings sunshine into my life, and my Internet friends are from all over the world.

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Mahe Zehra with Altered Upcycling, can be found on Facebook. She has amazing collections. Some are free and some that you can purchase at Amazon. The Paper Doll Bonanza has simple templates for paper dolls and the most current, The Journal Kit, is where I got the sentiment. I simply printed it out, cut it with deckle scissors (love these) and taped it down with Washi tape. The background on the right is acrylic paints, gesso, acrylic daubers, a paper napkin with flowers and stamps in white, black, brown and gray. The left page has an old napkin that I have used to soak up excess inks in other projects (waste not). The paper doll was done with Copics (flesh and hair) and Spectrum Noir (dress) colored pencils blended with gamsol. I outlined the right/bottom side with water soluble black pencil.

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