Be your beautiful self

I’ve tried drawing and painting people in the past with very little success. They generally were disproportionate and had really scary eyes. I mean truly frightening.  I decided to check a couple books on drawing out from the library to see if I could teach myself.

After paging through several step by step tutorials, I felt a had a much better grasp on the technique. Of course not being someone to make things easy on myself, I grabbed a “mop-up” piece of paper to begin sketching on. Perhaps I’m less intimidated by a messy garbage page than a blank white one.

Since the sketching of the girl went well, I decided to challenge myself further and attempt to paint her. be yourself

I had to be really careful not to get the paper too wet as it was only copy paper. You can see that I wrinkled up some of the fibers of the paper in her hair. Luckily I was able to get it to lay back down and not rib a hole in the page.be yourself

The words are from a Tim Holtz sticker pack. They fit my mood…being proud to be a woman and no one can take that away from me. And that’s as political as I’m going to get. :)

Linking up today with Art Journal Journey for Every page tell a story.

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Out of the mess of everyday life she finds a way to shine ~Hålle
6 Thoughts on Be your beautiful self
    Valerie-Jael
    21 Jan 2017
    2:53pm

    Love your face, I saw a lot of girls today with cat’s ears! Thanks for another great page for AJJ, Hugs, Valerie

    Erika N
    21 Jan 2017
    10:21pm

    Its the perfect page and story for all the marches today-although I’m not particularly political myself-at least usually. I like piece today, and I think you got the eyes down. Not scary at all Halle. Happy weekend, and thanks for joining in at AJJ. Erika

    Bleubeard and Elizabeth--
    22 Jan 2017
    3:26am

    I really enjoyed this entry, and had to laugh at your not being political. I know that for a fact. But I’m glad you shared this because it hit home for the Saturday march.

    Jo - Let's Art Journal
    22 Jan 2017
    6:43am

    Lovely painting, she looks very serene and you have captured her eyes beautifully :-). Happy Sunday! J :-)

    froebelsternchen
    23 Jan 2017
    1:19am

    A wonderful painting Halle! Amazing colors and textures! Thank you for joining in at AJJ!
    Happy new week !
    Susi

    Pearshapedchris
    23 Jan 2017
    1:53pm

    Your face is wonderful Halle! Perfect quote! Hugs, Chrisx

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