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I am so so excited to say I was able to make in over to the Tidal Basin to see the cherry blossoms in bloom and they are <i><b>gorgeous</b></i>.<br />
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I truly dislike large crowds. Its frustrating trying not to trip over people who just roam right in front of you or stop smack-dap in the middle of the sidewalk with no way to get around them but the trip was worth the visit. I hope I am able to make it next year and plan to check out the Annual Sakura Matsuri Japanese Street Festival this year but early in the day to avoid those crowds!Becca Lehnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08733652493322175971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236182486841766853.post-3748256425531547692016-03-28T11:33:00.000-04:002016-03-28T11:33:54.491-04:00AG: Custom Face Paint<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello hello! So I am back briefly to share a recent project. More recently I've been focusing on life in general and other personal projects other than my dolls. However I did decide to try my hand with custom face paint on an American Girl doll.</div>
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Other "face-up" repaint doll artists' work I stumbled upon has inspired me to give it a go. For my project I selected a <b>classic face mold doll, Isabelle</b>, because I have way way too many classic molds floating around, <b>Ruthie's grey eyes</b>, and <b>Julie's wig</b>. I then used acrylic paints since that was my best option at the time.</div>
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Other face-up artist appear to use water color pencils, chalk pastels, and air brushing techniques. This posed as a problem for me seeing how I do not have airbrush tools and with chalk pastels you need to fixate/seal the pastel dust with a matte, spray on fixative for example. The issue for me would be protecting the eyes from a spray since I wanted the eyes in the head BEFORE doing the paint job.</div>
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So acrylic paint was the choice this time and I chose to leave the original lip and eyebrow paint in place. My issue is that you can see the brush strokes rather than having a smooth finish. In and of itself it is very interesting to look at but the style of that on the doll's face doesn't seem quite right. It was also difficult finding the right balance of water to paint ratio when mixing colors because acrylic dries quickly and is difficult to remove.</div>
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All in all, I am pleased but also have mixed feeling bout painting AGs in general. They have a very simple... iconic kind of look. Adding extra facepaint feels too forced and un-natural to me visually. However, I tend to dislike the classic facemolds. It is the original mold used by the company and was derived from an even older German doll line (Gotz). The classic facemold is overly flay and simple when compared to more recent facemold such as Kaya or Sonali. Those molds have included details such as hints at eyelid folds and better defined noses so light alone will cast a shadow on the face,giving it more depth and realism while keeping to with the simplified, overarching style of the dolls' faces so they look like they belong together.<br />
The classic mold does not have as much shadow depth. It pretty much asks for SOMETHING else to keep up with the newer molds.<br />
But where do you draw the line before it goes too far?<br />
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If you'd like to learn more about Face-up artist who really know what they are doing, I recommend checking out the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTTTtwBlaBw" target="_blank">Nicolle's Dreams youtube videos</a>.</div>
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Wish me luck! I have taken it upon myself the task of folding <b><span style="font-size: large;">1,000 origami cranes</span></b>. </div>
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Iwasaki Mineko in her memoir <u>Geisha, A Life</u> mentions a memory of her and her classmates making a 1,000 origami cranes for an ill teacher and delivering them to him at the hospital. Japanese legends exist, promising a person who folds 1,000 cranes will be granted a wish by the Gods. Other stories suggest that the owner of a set will be promised eternal good luck such as with health or luck instead of a signal wish. I tried looking into this further to find an actual story but the best I could do was find vague references to the legends through wikipedia and various blogs. I am not one to believe of superstitions and legends but i appreciate the stories (fun or with significance) from varying cultural backgrounds.</div>
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<b>Ground rules:</b></div>
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- The set must be created within 1 year.</div>
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- The set must be created by 1 person alone.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>I take that to mean the cranes can be given away and still "work" but they cannot be parceled out. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>They have to stay together with one person</i></span>.</div>
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<b>Quick throw back:</b><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Freshman year I was paired to room with a girl studying abroad from Japan, Haruka. I was painfully shy then and she was always on the go so we did not talk much. Even though we kept to ourselves during that time, we got along well. One of the gifts she gave me while we roomed together was a </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>beautiful</i></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> pack of origami paper. On the back of the packet were instructions for making cranes. The text was in Japanese but it was easy enough to figure out from the pictures. Whenever I felt stressed out I would fold origami cranes on my dorm floor. Over and over and over. Eventually I lost the habit up until recently when I decided to start the 1,000 origami cranes project.<br />But this time it is for fun rather than alieving stress.</span><br />
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Apartment living is not quite for me.</div>
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I love to take pictures of my doll collection outside but doing so in public spaces makes me nervous. I prefer not having people passing by and gawking at the "weird adult with the doll" so it was refreshing to have access to a backyard again while visiting family over the holidays.</div>
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Although it has been a warm winter so far, Maryellen is decked out for snow in 1850's gear.</div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">In other news, I ran out of black chalk so it might be a while before I can procure more to make new drawings.</span></div>
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Aah... Plastic lawn flamingos, the crown jewel of 1950s kitsch. Americans have been bombarded by the stylized image of a flamingo, stamped across tacky t-shirts, jewelry you would find along beach front shops, lawn ornaments and so on. When I think of cliche and expected imagery of the tropics I envision happy cartoon palm trees and flamboyant flamingos.<br />
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The plastic flamingos were favored for a number of reasons in 1957. For one, Americans were quickly moving out into the suburbs in large numbers. The subdivisions people were moving into had house that looked nearly identical following WWII. <a href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-tacky-history-of-the-pink-flamingo-18191304/?no-ist" target="_blank">"'You had to mark your house somehow,' Featherstone says. 'A woman could pick up a flamingo at the store and come home with a piece of tropical elegance under her arm to change her humdrum house.'"</a> Plus new technologies in plastics allowed for brilliant colors to be readily available to consumers.<br />
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If you'd like to read more about the flamingo lawn ornament check out these sites. Or google. Google is good too:<br />
<a href="http://uselessinformation.org/pink_flamingo/index.html" target="_blank">Useless Information</a><br />
<a href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-tacky-history-of-the-pink-flamingo-18191304/?no-ist" target="_blank">Smithsonian</a><br />
<a href="http://mentalfloss.com/article/28099/brief-history-plastic-pink-flamingo" target="_blank">Mental Floss</a><br />
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Charcoal drawing study. It was fun creating a story using inanimate objects. <span style="text-align: center;">Next time I would like to push the drama further.</span><br />
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At age 7, girls begin wearing and obi with their kimono rather than just the simple cords they wore with their kimonos prior to this age. <span style="text-align: center;">An obi is a wide, decorative sash fastened in the back as a wide, flat bow.</span>This is My first submission to Illustration Friday.
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Boy, does it feel wonderful to be back in the swing of things. Between moving and getting rather sick I was forced into a short break. However, I have gotten my work space in order, ideas pent up in my head, and a brush in hand.</div>
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<br /><br /><br />A dream is a wish your heart makes.Becca Lehnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08733652493322175971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236182486841766853.post-58639375525907136772013-08-01T11:42:00.000-04:002015-09-29T16:19:14.258-04:00Paper: The Little Paper Mermaid.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Disney's Ariel the Little Mermaid. Made from cut and layered paper.</div>
<br />Becca Lehnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08733652493322175971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236182486841766853.post-10994802882096653842013-07-31T15:00:00.000-04:002015-09-29T16:21:20.551-04:00Paper: Meg from Disney's movie "Hercules".<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Today I've been fiddling around with the idea and imagery of stained glass combined with paper cutting. For this test run I made Meg from "Hercules". I choose to simplify and skip facial detailing and put focus on the hair and dress instead. It was fun making sure the character was recognizable despite the lack of eyes, a nose, mouth and cheeks and other discerning features.Becca Lehnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08733652493322175971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236182486841766853.post-72179142217803551462013-07-30T20:04:00.001-04:002015-09-29T16:23:13.178-04:00Paper: Cherry from Studio Killers.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Paper cutting of Cherry from Studio Killers in "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbPAIexC9r8" target="_blank">Ode to the Bouncer</a>".</div>
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Buzz Buzz! Another version of the cut paper honeybee inspired by the song "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojYK6CW8gdw" target="_blank">Honeybee</a>" written and performed by Steam Powered Giraffe. It is an awesome song.<br />
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For this post I wanted to share my latest hobby which is
learning to design my own patterns for 18 inch doll clothes and to beef
up my sewing skills at the same time. I soon learned sewing with knit
material is more difficult than I imagined but it is a lot of fun
figuring out the type of flat shape you need to use to get the correct
dimensional shape later on when you sew everything together. Its a great
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hobbies and try out one of my cut-paper stencils with spray paint on
fabric. I selected a sparkly gold spray paint for the job. Turns out
the shiny part falls off, gets ALL over the place, and your left with a
neutral tan color. Not my finest decision but hey, you live you learn.
Overall, it was a success and I can't wait to give it another shot.</div>
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Becca Lehnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08733652493322175971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236182486841766853.post-44521684076371302532013-05-14T01:32:00.000-04:002015-09-29T16:26:07.507-04:00Paper: Black-Capped Chickadee<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Little Lion Paper Cut - <a href="http://rebecca-lehenr.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Rebecca Lehner <br /></a></div>
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Twin Cats - <a href="http://rebecca-lehner.tumblr.com/"> Rebecca Lehner</a></div>
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Becca Lehnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08733652493322175971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236182486841766853.post-2600985259359250752013-03-13T13:08:00.005-04:002015-09-29T16:37:42.568-04:00Sketch: Honey Bee<div style="text-align: left;">
Sketch for an upcoming paper cut illustration.</div>
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<br />Becca Lehnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08733652493322175971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236182486841766853.post-61311670368422061322013-03-06T01:14:00.001-05:002015-09-29T16:35:19.424-04:00Paint: Tea, South Dakota<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Illustration inspired by the town of Tea, South Dakota.</div>
Becca Lehnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08733652493322175971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236182486841766853.post-7433304394369119102012-11-19T01:33:00.001-05:002015-09-29T16:30:56.296-04:00Paper: Oliver Owl<div style="text-align: left;">
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This illustration is a kick back to something I did a few years ago. It is made entirely out of scrap book paper, which I then photographed and edited on the computer. I re-purposed him later on in a fundraiser book sale advertisement poster for my local library.
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: large;">Question: </span></span>Did you know that several owls species have "ear" tufts on their heads but they aren't ears at all?
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Answer:</span></span> These tufts of feathers may indicate the bird's mood, help keep it camouflaged or be used to show aggression.
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Bonus:</span></span> The terrible initial sketch.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Why yes I did study illustration in school. Why do you ask?"</td></tr>
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