Carnaval!

Hi hi!  Another headdress lady, she's kinda coo coo!

Shimmer shammer in her feathers and jewels! More to come!

Maiko

Hi there! I was really enjoying the way the Chinese headdress painting came out, looking to other ethnic headdresses for inspiration, I thought of Japanese Geishas.  The hair pieces they wear are extremely elaborate works of art.  This painting is of a Maiko, the apprentice of a Geisha.  They have wilder hair pieces and more flamboyant robes.

This is the scanned image...

She has some metallic paint in her hair clips and robe.

I'm still meaning to do an Aztec one and perhaps an Incan one...Stay tuned.

Farewell My Concubine

In keeping with the headdress theme (this type is called a Phoenix Crown LOVE THAT!), I looked to China:

This is the scanned image, can't see metallic paint...

Angled photo to show reflective material

Angled photo

She's for sale in my Etsy shop.  One thing that's interesting about selling original works of art (don't worry, I keep high-res scans of them all), is you feel a tad bit of separation anxiety.  I'm trying to get over it because ultimately I love the idea of making art and moving on to the next piece, without too much sentimentality.  At the same time, I really love this piece (love all my others too!) so I hope she goes to a good home!

I think I'll do an Aztec one next...

More Metallic Ladies

I was looking at headdresses (something I'm a big fan of) because I wanted to use my gold paint. I came across Cecil DeMille's Cleopatra, which got me thinking of the Liz Taylor Cleopatra, and then Aztec, Egyptain and Greek designs! There are so many possibilities for my gold paint!

I can't think of a woman who wouldn't want to wear this.

Scanned Image

tilted photo to show glimmer

I gave her shinny eye shadow too, couldn't resist

 

After the headdress fun, I moved on to my next favorite thing, harem girls...

The epitome of Bored Girls

Shiny cuffs and chain top

 Thanks for looking! Click the link on the right under my photo to BUY artwork if your soul desires!