Saturday 1 August 2015

Calendar Challenge -August

Here we are again, time to show and tell.. The months are flying by, it's August already, how did that happen. 

Here is a reminder of the rules for August
1.. Keep a part of the original picture and incorporate that into your design
2, Technique - Use found objects to stamp with
3. Add – a silhouette
4. Blog your calendar page and link up from August 1st 2015

My calendar started out like this..


I added a thin layer of gel medium to add tooth, then whited out most of the page with gesso, leaving just the central figure. 


I then gave her some clothes, it might be August but jeez its not that hot.. 


Next i reached for my 'found objects' bubble wrap and a spring. 


I added paint with the bubble wrap and then over that I added lines by rolling the spring into paint and then onto the page. 


More found objects, credit card, a lid, sponge ear plug and the tube thing i think was the inner tube from something or other. 


Using these i added circles, dots and lines. 



Next for the other rule to add a silhouette, i decided to add buildings for her to stand on and some butterflies. 


I echoed the colours onto the bottom half, the title is added over a patch of black to match the silhouettes. 


This is how the bottom half looks, i really like this. 


And the top half.. I felt she needed something extra so added her wings. 


And here is the whole thing finished.. 



Hope you like it. 

Here are the rules for September. 
1.. Keep a part of the original picture and incorporate that into your design
2, Technique - add lines using the edge of a ruler or credit card dipped in paint
3. Add – use a random word generator to pick 10 words, use these to make a sentence to add to your page
4. Blog your calendar page and link up from September 1st 2015





9 comments:

  1. Your mod Venus is so much fun...she makes me smile! Great job, Darcy!!

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  2. Cool Darcy, so you just used a regular calendar?

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  3. Lover her - the white pen on her boots lift them from being too heavy to just right! What a great transformation.

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  4. A great transformation, loving the colours on the bottom half of the calendar X

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  5. Venus in party mode...awesome :D XXX

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  6. Wow that is neat. I like that you used that image and changed its look entirely. Awesome.

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  7. Venus is looking very hipster!

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  8. I love her - she is even more fun then before ^5

    xo

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