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Thursday 20 March 2014

Art Journal Page for Paint Party Friday

After all the excitement last week of celebrating the start of PPF's 4th Year and all the wonderful artists who took part and their work as usual was fab.  Was not sure what to show today, but decided to show a page from my large Art Journal.



The page is made up of Acrylics and Paper Napkins.  The lady is from a hairdressing magazine which I painted over to give her a new look.

On the easel at the moment is a large canvas which am working on (similar to one of my 29 Faces), the big problem am finding is thats its a recycled  heavily textured canvas which makes drawing and painting on quite difficult.  But will keep trying.


Wishing you a lovely weekend and take care of yourselves, Hugs Annette x

59 comments:

Von said...

I'm sure it will be worth the trouble as you can see the underlying texture giving some amazing results :)
Take care
Von ♥

Valerie-Jael said...

Beautiful work Netty! Hugs, valerie

Pam said...

Such a pretty art journal page, and I like the look of the textured canvas too!

1CardCreator said...

Both of these are beautiful Annette! ~Diane

Anita Houston The Artful Maven said...

GORGEOUS projects! Love love love the page! So feminine and beautiful!

Sandy said...

Good Morning - but I do believe it is afternoon where you are. Love your journal page. I have never worked with napkins before but I want to. The lady looks like Twiggy but with dark hair.
Your painting is fabulous - so much love shines through.
Sandy xx

Meggymay said...

Beautiful pieces Netty. The canvas looks fabulous.
Yvonne x

Polly Birchall said...

What beautiful portraits and both so different. Clever you

Lisabella Russo said...

They are both lovely! I especially love your piece with the two faces together, so sweet.

McCrafty's Cards said...

These are fabulous Annette!!
Kevin xx

Anonymous said...

Annette, your journal pages are always so cool!! Love this one. I have trouble with textured canvases a lot myself. Have you tried applying a couple of coats of gesso to your canvas before painting? xoxo Have a great weekend.

Sharon said...

Both gorgeous creations!

Zana said...

love both, texture can be a pain, but keep at it it will be worth it.

denthe said...

I really love that journalpage. I need to find some hairdressingmagazines, love that hairdo on the girl. And your painting is coming along great. It can be hard on textured canvas, depending on how "clean" you want your images to be ....

Margik said...

Love your amazing works! The journal is very beautifull. And the canvas is original and fabulous.

Å olanje na domu-Waldorf said...

Gorgeous! Love her face. :)

Carolyn Dube said...

Beautiful art journal page! Happy PPF!

Carol Rigby said...

Both are lovely. Happy PPF x

kat said...

They are both looking great Netty, I love the yellow bright colorful long hair and the feel and flow of your canvas picture!

GlorV1 said...

Great work Netty! great journal pages. Happy PPF!

Twist of Pink said...

Your pieces are lovely. Happy PPF to you!

Faye said...

Netty, your collage with the paper napkin and lady from the magazine is really pretty. I love the way you designed the page. And your beautiful canvas painting is so nice. I think some textured canvases are very difficult to navigate.

Linda Kunsman said...

fabulous art Netty! I'm going to have to try painting over a magazine face sometime. Looks like fun!

minnemie said...

paper napkins and magazine faces- you are so super resourceful and creative! I love it.

joanna said...

Beautiful make over! and love the napkin background as well, gives it a lot of depth.
hugs xoxo

Christine said...

beautiful pieces!

Unknown said...

Your girls look so confident!

Happy Paint Party Friday!
Tam

Kooky Makes said...

Beautiful faces and textures.

Silvia(Barnie) said...

Two more wonderful creations.

Giggles said...

Gorgeous mixed media piece...she would make gorgeous cards! Wonderful canvas too!

Hugs Giggles

Carol said...

Love your journal page and the canvas is coming along nicely ...even with your texture problems..can't wait to see the finished product :)

Leovi said...

Yes, wonderful, I love this Art Journal page, I love this look interesting!

Annabelle said...

A Lovely collection of art work Netty.



Annabelle ~m..m~

kaykuala said...

Beautiful work Netty! I often have a couple of paintings still unfinished for later. Sometimes the inspiration takes longer for some! Thanks for stopping by!

Hank

Studio Kaufmann said...

Wonderful art work Netty. Everything you do is surprising and original. Happy PPF

Arnoldo L. Romero, MLA said...

I love all the experimenting you've been doing with collage. It's beautiful and it looks like so much fun. Blessings!

Saskia said...

Beautiful work!

Smiles, Saskia :)

Anonymous said...

She looks so jazzy, quite a flapper in your art journal page!

Recycling is good and it challenges, you never know what will born when working with that kind of texture!

alarmcat said...

both of these are great. i especially like the collage work on the first one … so nice!

Jeffy said...

Beautiful work! Specially, I like the first. See you soon.

SLScheibe said...

Very pretty journal page! Lovely work on both art pieces :)

Meihsia Liu said...

Gorgeous creations, Netty. Love your beautiful painting :)

Karin said...

beautiful creations, I just love the painting! have a lovely weekend!
Groetjes Karin

Katie Jeanne Wood said...

Beautiful as always, Netty!! I can't wait to see what you do with the large canvas. :)

Irene Rafael said...

Both are very nice, Netty. Funny coincidence..I just picked up a large used canvas with paint splattered over the whole thing. A challenge but I think I will gesso over it and go with the textures already there. Have a lovely week. ~~irene #66

Laila said...

Beautiful journal page and the canvas looks promising too. Good luck!

Nicola said...

Gorgeous work Netty! LOVE that girl from the hair dressing magazine what a great idea! :)

JKW said...

Your journal is wonderful. These are fun and keep me thinking. The large canvas is beautiful and unique. Blessings, Janet PPF

Carola Bartz said...

Beautiful journal page, Netty, and I really like your new painting. Wonderful colors, and the texture looks great as well.

soulbrush said...

Love your journal, actually I love all your art dear Netty. Happy PPF.

Kristin said...

Hi Netty! Oooh, I love your journal page! The paint over treatment you gave your girl is just gorgeous - and I love the pictures of you on the body in the post below too. Thanks for all of your patience with me as I went through my computer troubles :) xoxo

Jez said...

I remember the 29 faces version of this tender painting, and it is making a lovely canvas in spite of your difficulties with the texture. The paint-over lady is a great page, with the strength of the confident girl contrasting so well with the delicate colouring of the roses and background. Lovely work Netty. And your visits to me are always appreciated.

Words and Pictures said...

The page is fab - she's so striking and works beautifully with all those roses. And I love that you are revisiting the beautiful hair woman!! Since I'm a texture-junkie, I'm only going to love the effects of the underlying texture!
Alison xx

Tammie Dickerson said...

Wonderful! I agree - sometimes heavily textured surfaces make the portrait painting harder! But I love those kinds of surfaces for landscapes! Happy PPF!

Gillena Cox said...

Luv the facial expressions.


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G Peplow said...

Fabulous art again over here Annette, love the new look hairstyle and beautiful flowers :D Good luck with the canvas, hope it behaves so that you can weave your magic on it :D xx

Krisha said...

LOVE the painting, and agree with all above, that the texture behind it adds to it.

PiaRom said...

Your canvas looks amazing so far! so go on painting :) the girl from the magazin is an eyecatcher for sure :D
♥ Conny
Piaroms Art Journaling

Jenny Marples said...

A very stylish and dramatic journal page Annette. Jenny x