Chin definition

I discovered my chin needed more definition.  My fabric painted chin at any rate.  When I added my hair and clothing, I lost my chin.  At least I think that's the problem.  It just didn't look quite right to me.  Still better than before. Waiting for the fabric to dry so tomorrow I can put it all together.  

I'm hoping I don't need to redo the hair and jacket and shirt.  I removed the pieced face I had in there and am trying to fit this face in the opening.  It may be that my proportions are just a smidge different so they won't work together.  Here is what I did before, you can see why we thought it was a little scary.  Even with a good pressing it would not have been pretty. Have a creative day. Janet

Painting faces!

I mentioned in a previous post that I am trying to re-create this photo of myself from the 80's.  The face has been giving me trouble.  I didn't think teeth would be such a problem but I was having a lot of trouble with the teeth and the nose.  The latest version, the best comment I heard was "At least it isn't quite as scary now!"  

Today I took a different approach.  I decided to try to paint the face rather than piece it with fabric.  I have Bonnie McCaffery's DVD called Painted Face for Beginners and was honestly a little afraid to try because I was sure it would be a disaster.  I should have known better, I love Bonnie's vid-casts so why wouldn't her explanations for painting be just as clear.  She breaks the process down into small steps and before you know it you have a face.  Here are a few of the photos I took along the way.