Mona Lisa’s Take on High Society
"You will never be in the best society unless you can learn to stand on your heads," she kept saying to them; and every now and then she would show them how it was done. -Oscar Wildeclick on the picture to enlargeThis is a mixed media oil-on-canvas / collage painting that I created just for fun. It began with no meaning at all and evolved into something quite intriguing! Somehow I really love this painting. It has so
Rubber Stamp Painting
Recently I decided to try out a new stamp I got from Stampers Anonymous. I think the face is just beautiful. I wanted to deviate a bit away from dolls this time, and try making a painting.Painting on a one-dimensional canvas is difficult for me. I'm much better with the three-dimensional "canvas" of a doll
KitchenAid Clay
My Paperclay got kind of dried out. I wanted to use it, but it had been stored just a little too long, and I just couldn't "work it." Although it wasn't "hard as stone," it was awfully crumbly and really did not stick. Adding water didn't make things better, because the clay was "hardish" on the inside, and got gooey on the outside. It was unmanageable.How could I save the clay? I hate waste! Especially when it involves
Forming Fingernails
Making fingernails on hands sculpted from polymer clay is fun and easy.
I use a simple tool to create them.Mrs. Flattenstein has Arrived
Way back in 2005, a group of women from around the world (including myself) decided to collaborate on a doll project called "Flat Stanley." It's based on a classic children's book in which a flat boy named Stanley is sent around the world in an envelope to other children, and they write about Stanley's adventures with them in the area they live in. We adapted the idea to suit our artful needs: each person was to create a journal and a flat
Art Doll Adventures
Li Hertzi wrote a new art doll book, and it looks like it's going to be published in the very near future. I absolutely can not wait to get my hands on it! I know this book is going to be fantastic
My Antique Doll- finished!
I finally finished my cloth Arranbee doll