Saturday, November 26, 2011

Art Every Day Month Day 26: A work in progress...

 When I showed this drawing of my lady in a previous post, I was showing how you can reuse a piece of work in other projects. Well, this is the work I originally intended this sketch for. My plan has gone in a couple directions, so I have started two canvases, instead of just this one. My inspiration came around veterans day, when I was thinking and praying for all the wives, mothers, sweethearts and daughters, waiting for their soldiers to come home from war. This piece, as well as the other one I am working on, is in honor of all their love, self sufficiency and sacrifices. It is entitled, "She Waits" and incorporates vintage images from WW2 and newspaper articles from 1944, which we found under the siding of my daughters house this summer...Let's see which one comes out the closest to my vision. Enjoy...

8 comments:

  1. beautiful! love the inspiration behind this Sally <3

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  2. A lovely image, lovely idea. I am interested to see how you reuse pieces of work with such great effect.

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  3. Tobi, look at my post, "AEDM Day 17; Using your printer to simplify your art". It explains how I drew the lady, first in black and white, then colored in a copy of her, then scanned it in and re-sized it to use on ATCs, or other small pieces, etc...It really does give you more mileage from a single sketch. Hope that helps!

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  4. I love how the vintage images go so well with the sentiment. What a wonderful inspiration. Love it.

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  5. Sally, I love, love, love it! Oooooh, now I want to go paint instead of decorate! But, 1st things, first.

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  6. This is beautiful! I love the theme and the way you are incorporating vintage images.

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  7. Sally, I love your piece, she is beautiful!

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  8. So pretty. Love how she's turned out.

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