Another Completed Art Journal page: Fashions Fade, Style is Eternal

Another art journal page completed in my Dina Wakley Journal on the Burlap page.  I stitched the title with thin cotton yarn.  The background was done with scribble sticks.  

My paper doll was drawn by referencing Jane Davenport's Fabulous Figures Book.  I colored the paper doll by using the scribble sticks as watercolor.  The clothes were cut out of patterned paper and striped vellum.  I attached the purse with a bit of chain and 2 jump rings and her necklace are seed beads on thread.

The tag and arrows were created on my Ranger Gel press plate using acrylic paints and stencils.

My teabag art for today - Female figure following along with Jane Davenport "Fabulous Figures Book"

My teabag art for today - my attempt again at a lady - referring to Jane Davenports Book "Fabulous Figures (notice no hands and no feet, LOL, they always look funky - need lots of practice)  This was painted on a used teabag with a coat of clear gesso and gouache paints.

Tea Bag art using Jane Davenport Beautiful Faces book

Ok, I need a lot more practice, LOL!!  I have Jane Davenport's Beautiful Faces book and Fabulous Figures Book and I am trying to practice drawing women's faces and figures.  This isn't great but I'll do some more practice!!

The tea bag was primed with one coat of gesso first and then I drew the face with a pencil.  I used gouache and watercolor to color her and then used a black permanet pen, Prisma watercolor pencils and a white Posca pen for shadows and highlights.

I hope this gives you inspiration to do your own tea bag art and I'd love to see what you do!!

Jane Davenport Mixed Media Class play

I have always been a fan of Jane Davenport's style of painting women.  I recently purchased her "Beautiful Faces" and "Fabulous Figures" Books from her website and really enjoy playing in my journal.  

These particular drawings were done while taking her Mixed Media class that is available through her website.  She also has a facebook group that I belong to where you can post your "tries" and get feedback and encouragement from other members.

Art Journal page using Jane Davenport Fabulous Figures book and Beautiful faces book

I have for some time been in awe of the beautiful faces and "girls" that Jane Davenport creates.

I ordered her Beautiful Faces Book and her Fabulous Figures Book and I'm so glad I did.

I don't draw well, but faces and figures are the worst for me so I decided to purchase these two books to see if they would help me learn to quickly and easily draw the female face and form.

I'm quite happy with this attempt.  I was watching one of her youtube videos where she shows how she draws with prisma colored pencils and I thought I would give it a go, although I have no colored pencils if you can believe it!!

I have prisma watercolor pencils and polychromo pencils so I thought I would do a couple of tests to see if I could come up with the same results by using what I had.

Here are the faces I completed and I've written on the journal what I used for each figure.