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Oh my god… The first photo of my face since, what, Christmas?  The horror!  Everything here was from Thursday night when there was an open evening at the school. 

I was asked to come in so the parents could see the kind of work we do further up in the school, but they didn’t even come close or look at the work we were doing.  Grr!

This is the piece I’m currently working on.  I think it took me about five hours to do the original pencil drawing due to all of the crosshatching which I insisted on using a ruler for.  The distressed effect (which was supposed to create a wood-like effect - although I haven’t got it quite to that stage yet) is created by pouring and brushing hot wax over the entire thing.  Once it’s dry, you brush a wash of ink over the entire thing and dry it off with a hairdryer.  See all those shavings at the side?  Those are little bits of wax from scraping off more wax with a knife and doing more washes of ink.  You do this over and over again until all or most of the wax is gone and the desired effect is achieved.  The actual texture of the paper once you’ve done this is similar to weathered metal or something, especially in parts where you end up stripping off layers of the paper, too.  It takes ages, but it’s well worth it.

Also today is my two year anniversary with Marty and I’m super giddy and want to roll around in a field of buttercups or kittens or something although the latter would make me seriously ill lol…

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6. reinesque said: Wow I might need to pick your brain once I start Art next semester. You come up with such unique techniques!
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