Petite Marie Stylized Marie Antoinette Almost Completed

Her hair has some raised textures created using Golden's Molding Paste, I tried to bring out the details of that with colored pencils over paint~
Petite Marie has a cake and a pheasant in her hair on the left side an embellishment that isn't showing up in the photograph~
Detailing on the dress~ Some glitter and pearlized buttons~

Petite Marie has not been waxed yet and I may add a few defining details prior to that but overall I am pleased with how she is coming along~ I will try and take some photographs outside in daylight hoping the textural aspects and some other details show more~

Mosaic Monday

Today I am participating in Mosaic Monday at Mary's Dear Little Red House- Her question is what is your favorite color? My favorite color changes, like the seasons~ How can you choose just one favorite color? When the world offers you so many~All I know is that being an artist you live for color and the combinations you can make with it in your works, as seen in photographs and others artwork, quilts, nature and anywhere you can find its loveliness! To view credits for these photographs go to my flickr page and view the gallery I made by clicking on the pictures~

My favorite color changes with the seasons and is most inspired by nature~

Welcome to Fall~

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Marie Antoinette Inspiration

As you know I am working on a stylized Marie Antoinette ~ So here is a little inspiration I found from photographs and artwork on Flickr. I put together the slide show, but you can also click on the mosaic and it gives a larger size to view. The final Petite Marie will post soon~à bientôt

Petite Marie Stylized Marie Antoinette

This is the sketch I drew to start the process and her little face~

Petite Marie in progress waiting for the molding paste to dry that is creating her hair~
Pretty pastels give it a vintage feel~
Mixed media can be organized to start but as you start pulling out all the things you want to work with it can get to be a creative mess~
Here are some pastel paints with fuchsia and golds..... What is to come? You'll want to see the transformation and how this takes on a new look. Drop by soon and see her completed! Do you want to make your own? Visit Suzi Blu's Le Petit Academy http://suziblu.ning.com/

Bicycle "Not, Just A Thought"

Becoming the artist I want to be

When I let go of who I am, I become who I might be. Lao Tzu

Affirmation's

These are journal pages I did about me. It has been awhile since I did these two pages and I feel I need to do some new pages with affirmations on them. I am constantly battling which direction to go in and how I feel about myself and my art work. I need to re clarify my goals for myself personally and professionally. It has been almost one year since I left my job and started a new path for myself which has been centered around my love of art. The quotes below have a lot of meaning to me. I hope they inspire you to follow your dreams.

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
Epictetus

Every artist was first an amateur. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true. Leon J. Suenes