Folk Art Mixed Media

This is my second try at mixed media. 

I wanted to paint over her face and start over

so many times, but I promised myself

beforehand that I was choosing volume

of work over perfection. 

This is what she looks like before beeswax.

The following is after the beeswax. 

Grrr. . ruined another piece. 

It'd be easy to insert a snarky 

remark here, but I'll refrain.

I want and need to allow myself grace throughout

this season of learning. 

Well, it's back to the drawing board.

Happy Mother's Day if it applies to you.  

Peace, Love and Joy

Terri

My Very First Acrylic Portrait

 She had an old fashioned charm

about her that I adored. 

I found her tiny picture in an

old Victoria magazine. 

She'd be the subject of 

my first portrait painting. 

I have a bad habit of wanting

anything I'm learning to be perfect right 

from the start, but I'm fighting it. 

There was a lot of work and reworking,

and it still wasn't quite right. 

Then there came a point when I had 

to say she was finished. 

Even as I look at her now, I see

things I want to fix and change. 

But I've decided to leave her just as

she is, perfectly imperfect. 

She's my first stepping stone, and 

I'm off to my next one. 

Thanks for stopping by.

Wishing you peace, love and joy.

Terri