Raphael?? No, RAFFLE painting...

School Festivals are so exciting.

I remember all the CooL Stuff they had at my elementary school functions.

Fall Fest is really big at the Womb Weebles school 

and I always do my best to participate.

Here is this years Raffle contribution.

{last year was another Fleur de Lis painting,

year before was the GLiTTeRized Bread Dough Fleur de Lis ornaments}

You can't go wrong in Saints Country with a Fleur de Lis.

Using Dark Pinks,
Earth and Mocha Browns,
along with Stone colors,
I painted a small canvas in acrylics.


Surprisingly, Fleur de Lis's can be difficult.
Thank goodness for tracing paper!

Most importantly, The Kiddos see me participating.

My "VinTaGe" Art....or work i've done in the past

This piece is one that was more fun, than hard.

A class project where we took a piece of art

from a favorite artist and put our Selves in the painting.

At the time I was really big into Klimt

{along with Dead Can Dance and Nag Champa}

I still LoVe Klimt.

{along with Dead Can Dance and Nag Champa}

Using my ultimate fave way of drawing:

chiaroscuro,

I went with Klimt's Danae.

One thing I did learn was this:
My professor knew right off that I had used a photo

because of the flatness of the light/dark contrast in the face.

This taught me to really look at how the Light is hitting

which has always been a problem for Me.

I really must look into going back to School!