Third girl in my series of big hair girl. Ok, this is BIG. But I love it!!! Wasn’t sure how I could paint all those curls in her hair. Just used a mix of watercolor pencils to draw the curls and paint to layer. I think she turned out ok.

And it’s true. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS TOO MUCH HAIR.

Ok I am officially addicted.. Alcohol ink on yupopaper. Treated myself to the art store this weekend and got some yupo paper to play with. It was so much fun letting the alcohol ink flow and react, creating incredible shapes everywhere. Get like a kid. No plan, just play.

I used micron pens and gel pen to add little details. Hope they won’t smudge. I am not touching it…

I love this form of art play!!!! Free, fluid and effortless. That said, not every piece turned out well. My first few tries were horrendous. Did not like how the colors turned out.

Learned to use some restraint, limit my colors, leave more white space. That helped. I still have ways to go but the best part is I love the process. The outcome is just a bonus! So I will continue playing!

I don’t paint men often. Have never painted old men. This is my first. His toothless smile and bald head makes me smile. Cheers to a 😄 weekend!

Watercolor.

Don’t be beautiful. As females, we’ve always been told to be beautiful. Why? Don’t be beautiful. Be interesting. Be intelligent. Be quirky. Be crazy. Be kind. There are so many more adjectives we can be. Be your own definition of amazing.

Started as a watercolor piece in my journal. Messed up the background. Gesso to the rescue! Added some collage. Turned it into a mixed media piece with some stencil and modeling paste. I like how imperfect she turns out. A little grungy.

I am still obsessed with big hair. Used to love Keri Russell big blond curls in the show felicity. Decided to paint this with her hair as my inspiration. To all the big hair girls out there. Enjoy your big hair, and big dreams!

Confidence is not “They will like me”. Confidence is “I’m fine if they don’t “. If that is the definition of confidence then I am getting more confident with age. 💃💃💃

My daughter is so beautiful.. but she can’t see it. I wish for her confidence. That is the new beautiful. When you are confident, it doesn’t matter what you wear. You are still beautiful. I hope she will see it one day.

“A wolf lives by his own rule. What you think of him does not matter.”I can learn from him.

Decided to take a break from human faces and give a wolf’s face a try. Painting the fur was therapeutic. One stroke at a time. Watercolor painting.

I love big hair and I just don’t care🤣🤣🤣 another curly big hair girl. This one is a little more graphic. Used micro pen to outline her. Can you tell i am obsessed with polka dot background lately? Love polka dots! Make everything “funner”❤️

She went through a few rounds of changes before I am finally at peace with her.

I went crazy with her background at first, hoping to extend the pattern on her shirt to the background. Turned out really bad. Looked crazy.

I just could not live with that, so I finally decided to use gesso to cover up the background.

Much better. But thought she needed something for her background. Polka dots! Why not? They always make me smile.

Showed it to my daughter who still thought something was missing. Some kind of outline she said. And so I did. Outlined her with a micro pen. I like it now!

Amazing how background can make such a big difference. Thank you daughter💕💕💕

I have thick black hair growing up. Was teased for having thick hair. Always hated it. Wished I had flat thin hair like the other girls. Over the years, I have learned to work with my thick hair. The flatiron is my friend. And then I saw a photo of this girl on Pinterest with beautiful big black hair. I actually found it beautiful. I was surprised. Maybe this could be the beginning of me embracing my own hair? Just the way I am? Watercolor painting. It was fun painting her big curl hair.