Friday, September 18, 2009

little pieces of paris

i was looking up pin-up girls for the altered pin-up girls swap on AM. i came across this picture of betty page and i think it's hysterical!



these are for an inchie swap with theme of Paris. i made the houses/buildings out of paper from a french textbook. the background are from some paper i got that looks like wallpaper. then i added layers of pastels and watercolors for the buildings and edges. then i painted on the Eiffel towers with acrylic paints. i wanted them to look like film slides from some dreamy movie about Paris.



on AFA, were doing a pick-a-theme postcard swap and one of my swap buddies chose "monochromatic nudes" i came up with this skewed-boob chick based on a painting by Michael Parkes. the nude portion is done in all aquas and lime pastels and some acrylic.

3 comments:

  1. love your artwork you've done! fabulous pin up girl, too. she makes me giggle!!

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  2. I'm terribly behind on blog visiting but it's so fun to scroll down so many wonderful posts and pieces to get all caught up! You have so many different things to delight in. Your inchies are gorgeous and this Cat Woman so cool!

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  3. Love Betty Page, so very groovy.
    I really enjoyed your artwork, really great style.
    Hugs,Laura.

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