Eden - Wacky Haired Lady

Tam over at her Willowing Ning site has been creating some pretty cool "Wacky Haired" ladies.

She posted her recent creations and invited us to join in on wacky haired lady fun!

Her post is over here if you'd like to see her work or participate.

With that said, yes, I had some fun with a wacky haired lady of my own.

I've been calling her Eden...Garden of Eden.  Mostly because of the vines in the background and butterflies in her hair (if you can see them).  My camera isn't downloading to my computer at the moment, so I had to take the picture using my phone, lol.
The whole time I created her the Garden of Eden was on my mind.

Here she is, hope you guys like her!

She's 12 x 18 on watercolor 140lb paper

I used acrylics, watersoluble crayon, stamps, pencil, spray inks that I made.

Playing with Watercolor

I love watching art videos on YouTube.

 Last night I was relaxing to a few before heading to bed, and as I hopped around on YouTube I came across this artist and video:

I'd never used watercolor before, but as I watched her I felt that familiar desire to try something new, so I gave it a shot today. 

When my grandmother passed, I was given many of her art supplies. So I found the watercolors I knew I had and attempted my own watercolor painting. 

Nowhere near as good as her, still need to learn how to gain some control over the watercolor, but I still had fun watching the paint and water swirl around. 

Here are the 2 I did today. Hope you like my attempts!