Doll making is something I haven’t explored until Art Is You. Dee Foust was a wonderful teacher who took me way past my comfort zone and I have a wonderful angel.
Sculpting the torso
Life lesson 6,592 – don’t give up. I was skeptical while sculpting the torso of my angel since I don’t think of myself as a sculptor. Why? Because I’ve never done it. I didn’t see where it was going but I didn’t let my inner critic get in my way. This green floral foam is so soft it cut easily. Instead of using sand paper I used my palms to sand it smooth. At this point I just had to trust that it would “look right”.
This was the 2nd class this week that used plaster gauze. I have loved it each time I used it. I think this means it is time to procure some! Why was I so intimidated by sculptural things? Not any more.
The cream paint and subtle brown antiquing began to bring it to life for me. Okay, just made it close enough to the finished product that I didn’t feel as much anxiety. 
A die cut I made brought more color to the page.
A pink watercolor pencil to define the letters Blue circles from a stamp I carved. Blue lines from a sliced transparency. You can read that tutorial 
Words added in blue pen and white pen. A 2nd color was added around the title to define it further.
A little glitter on the blue circles. Have to have a bit of sparkle. Added words in gray and went over it with purple.
Added bits of fabric.
Brought the die cut back and glued it down.
I didn’t think the words, paper/paint/fabric, were easy enough to read so added a touch of purple to define them a bit more.
Added a fabric tab at the top and gems to the lower fabric.
The tab looked too plain. Added a metal E colored with alcohol ink.
The metal E looked too plain so I added a bit of glitter paint to it and the tab. Added a few more words. White pastels on the blue circles, and blue smeared lines between the words. Signed it in purple.