So, it's now time in the project where I take something that I think looks pretty good, and either make it better, or screw it up totally. This is the painting step.
I googled some pictures of aboriginal art, mostly because I liked the dotted designs, and then I found a couple of pictures of African face masks. I figured I'd try to incorporate the two designs together a bit.
I decided the other day that I am going to give this mask to someone I work with - I think she'll get a kick out of it, and maybe she can hang it on the wall in her office and get a laugh now and then. If she hates it, maybe I'll hang it in my office - I can tell everyone it's my creative muse.
I cut out a few basic shapes from a piece of scrap paper just so I could trace them and flip them over to get mirror images on each side of the face. I cut an eye, two stripes for the side of Mr. Mask's face, and a teardrop shape for his forehead.
Next, I chose some colors from my stash...
I probably should have gone with more traditional earth tones (or is it Earth tones?), but I was trying to keep it peppy and match some of the colors in her office. Maybe that was a mistake?
I started painting and somewhere around the mouth I thought,
'uh oh... looks like the Joker in Batman...'
...but then I thought it made a slight recovery when I added the green. Much of the white space that's remaining is going to be black, and then I'm going to cover almost the whole thing with coordinating dots, which I think will tone down the bright colors quite a bit.
Oh, and if my darling husband sees this, he'll know why there are still dishes in the sink.
