I signed up for an online class with Suzi Blu called “Les Petit Dolls” and I wanted to share my two paintings from the class. These paintings are bit more froofy than I usually paint but I wanted to embrace the style and try something a little outside of my usual comfort zone.
I have been a fan of Suzi’s You Tube videos for a year or two now…she has these crazy videos on keeping an art journal and they have always been inspiring to me so when I came across her “ning” community and these workshops I knew I had to sign up. Now, I have taken a lot of workshops over the years and even a few online and I can say, you don’t always get your moneys worth…NOT the case here. Suzi charges something like $55.00 for this workshop and the information she shares and the quality of the vidoes are really amazing. You watch her create several of her pieces and she shares all of the materials she uses and shows you her techniques…
I love mixed media art so this was right up my alley and I really did learn a few new things like wood burning, using colored pencils on wood, applying wax to your finished painting,etc. Even if you aren’t into the whole doll thing, you can use these techniques in many other ways. The materials in these two paintings are wood substrate to paint on, wood burned image, colored pencil, acrylic paint, collage and beeswax. Thanks for looking
