Today I wanted to share with you a little girlie face I created on a 4×4 canvas.  I have been trying to challenge myself more, and create the type of art I find enjoyable.  I love little girl faces, and have sketched them in my art journal for quite some time.  I usually do them in graphite pencil, colored pencils (my favorite method), and I have even done a few in pastels.  I often cut them out and collage them onto an acrylic painted background, but rarely do I paint them directly onto the background.  I know, I have been taking the easy, safe way out.  In my effort to challenge myself, and remembering I have a bucket of gesso on standby, I created a background using acrylic paint and Tropical Gelatos, then painted the girl directly onto it with acrylic craft paint.  The craft paint did not have good coverage, but I made it work.  I can definitely see the benefit to investing in good quality Golden paints for faces on painted backgrounds.  You can probably guess where my next trip will be

She is not perfect, and I know I could use more practice to get her just right, but overall I am pleased with my first attempt.  And, it wasn’t half as scary as I thought