THE ALTERED ALICE BLOG - CHAPTER 13 CHALLENGE: BEST BUTTER

HAPPY SPRING EVERYONE!

It has been mighty warm here this week and this is very unusual for this
time of year.


So...the strange sunny days fit right in with the lovely and quirky 
THE ALTERED ALICE BLOG.
This is a blog inspired by all things from the novel Alice in Wonderland. 


THE ALTERED ALICE BLOG - CHAPTER 13 CHALLENGE:  BEST BUTTER.

HERE IS THE LINK TO THE BLOG AND THE CHALLENGE:
http://alteredalice.blogspot.ca/2012/03/week-1-chapter-13-challenge-best-butter.html

I CREATED A 9x7 INCH CANVAS FOR THIS CHALLENGE.
THIS IS NOT KANSAS ALICE !

I MADE A SKETCH OF MY VERSION OF ALICE, using a fine lead artist pencil.

I made her larger than the canvas to create dimension.

Then, I coloured in the sketch with Faber-Castell Pit Artist pens. 

These are pigmented india ink

pens that have various nib sizes (fine medium and brush).  The ruby shoe was  coloured with red oil pastel and then embellished with red glitter.

original artwork Karen C. Goulet  copyright 2012

The Alice figure, Wonderland sign and words are mounted on dry medium paper

that has been shaded with yellow oil pastel (like butter!).

I then assembled the canvas, using a yellow paper (like butter!) from

Authentique Paper's  Foundations series

as a background. 

The top and bottom of the canvas was inked with a Faded Jeans distress ink from

the Tim Holtz collection.  The stamp is from Inkadinkado.

The leopard ribbon is a miscellaneous piece from my stash.

I hope you enjoyed your visit to my blog.

and that you will return again very soon.

Thank you!

Karen