tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400678625711449202.post6854005590071227298..comments2024-01-25T18:12:19.924-05:00Comments on Linda Edkins Wyatt: Abstracting MyselfEdzellinni aka Linda Edkins Wyatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04088332568563494672noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400678625711449202.post-81097857407071598362009-05-27T19:50:05.288-04:002009-05-27T19:50:05.288-04:00oops, I goofed. The accordion folding portraits ar...oops, I goofed. The accordion folding portraits are the ones I was writing about. These pieces are bigger, the oil about 10x14 and the abstraction 8.5x11. I really, really recommend Cate Prato's book on Mixed Media Self Portraits. Several artists give step by step directions on doing a self portrait. Plus, I have 8 pieces in the book...<br /><br />My husband and daughter both hate the oil portrait because I look sick and ugly in it, but it was therapeutic to do...and I WAS sick at the time so I painted myself the way I saw myself. Fortunately I am well now. :-))Edzellinni aka Linda Edkins Wyatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04088332568563494672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400678625711449202.post-37504535280577412612009-05-27T19:44:26.870-04:002009-05-27T19:44:26.870-04:00You don't have to be brave to do a self-portrait. ...You don't have to be brave to do a self-portrait. Just take a photo, size it the way you like (these are postcard size, 4"x6", but I often do 8.5"x11") and output it from your printer on some good quality printable cotton (like Avery) or some good watercolor paper. After it comes out of the printer, just paint over the photo. If the cloth is too thin, it will bleed, so I recommend good quality printable cotton or Coquille watercolor paper. I like to use watersoluble oil pastels, or craypas, or textile markers. I spray it occasionally with fixative to save the parts I like, or paint over the parts I do't like. You can sew stuff over it, glue over it, add beads and go crazy with it. But leave your fear behind! And if it is bad, toss it out. No one will know but you. Or cut it up and use the parts you do like on another piece.Edzellinni aka Linda Edkins Wyatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04088332568563494672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400678625711449202.post-26095349542218105722009-05-27T19:14:48.103-04:002009-05-27T19:14:48.103-04:00I have yet to do my portrait. I know it would be ...I have yet to do my portrait. I know it would be pretty scary! lolNEEDLEWINGShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11309750859967951816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400678625711449202.post-56009419939634644542009-05-18T15:49:00.000-04:002009-05-18T15:49:00.000-04:00Hi there Linda! I just wanted to say how much I l...Hi there Linda! I just wanted to say how much I like your self-portraits! You inspire me to try my hand at it! Maybe some day when I'm feeling brave! SuzanSuzan Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15322583207782370014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-400678625711449202.post-51212002462839419152009-05-10T19:36:00.000-04:002009-05-10T19:36:00.000-04:00i really love the green hair!!!Sonjai really love the green hair!!!Sonjasonjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16879764714948869488noreply@blogger.com