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| "A Bird in the Hand" : 12 x 16 Papier Mache Bas-Relief Sculptural Tableau |
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| Side View |
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| Lots of dimension and depth |
Day 21 of the '29 Faces in February' Challenge! Wow, I can hardly believe I have actually managed to paint and to post every day for the last 3 weeks....(!).
In any case, it is with great pleasure that I am presenting this particular piece as today's 'Face'. This was something I started ages ago, as in years back..., and, as I'm sure you can probably guess by now, never got around to finishing (see my 'Pile of Shame' post).
Looking back I can remember the sculpting part went easily enough -- using papier mache technique, and an old frame, I built up the surface to create the three-dimensional tableau. And that part I was quite pleased with -- it was when I went on to paint it that I found myself getting stuck. I recall flip-flopping on my choice of color palette a few times, and painting over several sections. Then at some point my aformentioned late free-ranging, rascally house rabbit got a hold of it somehow, and chewed on it as she was wont to do. So then it needed repairs, sigh...! Well needless to say I ended up setting the whole thing aside for a good long while. Which brings us to the present. An online artist group I'm a member of (called the ART Community: for their Facebook 'Fan Page') is hosting an event called 'The Bird Project', whereby members are invited to submit art relating to the bird theme, with the deadline being today the 21st. A few weeks ago in anticipation of this particular event I managed to fix the rabbit-damage, but left the painting completion for later. 'Later' ended up being today (and at the last possible minute no less) -- but whatever, I'm just happy to say I got it finished tonight and uploaded in time, even if it was with just literally minutes to spare....! Plus it's just a really good feeling to know that it really and truly is finally finished after all these long years, for once and or all, and that I'm able to say I'm actually pretty pleased with how it turned out.....
Looking back I can remember the sculpting part went easily enough -- using papier mache technique, and an old frame, I built up the surface to create the three-dimensional tableau. And that part I was quite pleased with -- it was when I went on to paint it that I found myself getting stuck. I recall flip-flopping on my choice of color palette a few times, and painting over several sections. Then at some point my aformentioned late free-ranging, rascally house rabbit got a hold of it somehow, and chewed on it as she was wont to do. So then it needed repairs, sigh...! Well needless to say I ended up setting the whole thing aside for a good long while. Which brings us to the present. An online artist group I'm a member of (called the ART Community: for their Facebook 'Fan Page') is hosting an event called 'The Bird Project', whereby members are invited to submit art relating to the bird theme, with the deadline being today the 21st. A few weeks ago in anticipation of this particular event I managed to fix the rabbit-damage, but left the painting completion for later. 'Later' ended up being today (and at the last possible minute no less) -- but whatever, I'm just happy to say I got it finished tonight and uploaded in time, even if it was with just literally minutes to spare....! Plus it's just a really good feeling to know that it really and truly is finally finished after all these long years, for once and or all, and that I'm able to say I'm actually pretty pleased with how it turned out.....
(And P.S. Just a note to say I know I need to catch up on comments and emails -- it's been a really busy last couple of days, but please know that I appreciate ALL the wonderful input and contacts and am intending to catch up again just as soon as I can....! Thanks, Everybody)