For my daughter

I made this Imperfect Girl for my daughter's birthday.

peeled paint technique

The background of this painting is called 'peeled paint'.

On the first layer with acrylic paint you put on some spots a little bit vaseline.

Then you paint the next layer with a different color. On the spots with vaseline you remove the paint of the second layer and the color of your first layer comes through.

So you can adjust more layers and see the former colors.

I painted the imperfect girl with acrylic paint.
You can find films of this technique on Youtube.

en nog een meisje/ and an other girl

Still practicing girls.

Different faces, different hair and different backgrounds.

another imperfect girl

Practice, practice and practice!!

I love these imperfect girls.

I find it very difficult to get the right colors for the face.

gypsy girl

Background = watercolors

girl = acrylic paint

I was inspired by a painting from Tamara Laporte of a gypsy girl.
I worked a little bit transparant so you can see the background trough the painting.

It has been a long time .....

It has been a long time since I started this blog. 

So many things have happened in the past 2½ years.

I have learned a lot during that time and I now want to show you my paintings and mixed media and AJ (art journal).

I am still learning everyday. I love this creative travel!

This is my first 'imperfect girl'.

I learned to paint her and the background during an online workshop on a facebookgroup.

miss petras art forum

First sprayed  the background with ink and paint. I drawed the girl. Used a posca pen for the text and the circles and a stencil for the dots.