Sunday, 1 May 2011

Question: What's Red, Frilly and Spanish?

Answer: a flamenco dancer!


I've always admired fashion designers, not only for the clothes they make, but specifically for the simple, elegant lines they use when sketching their models and ideas. You might remember I posted here about trying to draw. Well, I tried again, and I combined it with a little paper piecing, a little Copic colouring and a lot of tiny rolled flowers, and I got this.

 


I tried to employ that fashion designer style of sketching - underneath the bold black pen were many pencil lines, until I committed and rubbed them out. I kept her face simple, her arms simple but with a bit of perspective, and even braved a foot this time.


I like her. I think she's pretty. And I love her hair. And the fact that I made her.

9 comments:

  1. She is gorgeous! I like the paper ruffles, it is so effective :)

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  2. I love her too! the hair is fabulous and you must have so much patience to have rolled all those teeny flowers, but they really do look like ruffles!

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  3. wow those flowers as skirt detail are stunning!!! beautiful design!!

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  4. This is so cool,I'm in love with this dancer...amazing work Cheryl!
    x

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  5. Just lovely....the flowers are gorgeous.

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  6. oh I like her too, I think she's so pretty. I love the skirt.

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  7. She looks gorgeous, you are so talented

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  8. love the flowers that you added to her skirt!

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  9. Gorgeous!! Love all the flowers!!

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