Well, what I realized after I got home with my FREE knives is that said knives actually cost me $700 in groceries. I seriously earned those knives! And you know what? I'm already saving stickers again because I totally want some kitchen shears. And they'll only cost me $300 in groceries!
...ah, the sweet anticipation.....
I continued working on my Frida painting. To me she's looking like a young Frida. I need to work on her a bit to allow the truth of her pain and life experience to shine through. That will be an emotional process and I'm looking forward to it.
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I painted her hair black and worked on her eyes and eyebrows. I also darkened the shadow by her dress and outlined her neck and shoulders. |
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I added a layer of skin color which lightened the shadow by her shirt. I also gave her eyes a bit of sparkle. |
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More darkening of her skin. |
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I did the first layer of paintin the leaves. |
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What a story behind that woman's life. You captured that look. When I think of her, though, I always picture Salma Hayek.
ReplyDeleteGreen stamps? I remember those - that's how I got my first piece of luggage!
I loved going to the Green Stamps store. It was the land of cheap dreams come true. :-)
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ReplyDeleteThank you!!
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