Sunday 9 May 2010

Far, Far Away


When I set the creative challenge at Inspiration Avenue this week, I had been completely inspired by Heston Blumenthal's fairy tale feast where he created life-sized gingerbread houses and magic pumpkins and had dragons carry trays of delicacies to his diners. Well, I think that's what happened, or maybe my imagination is getting a little too carried away!

Suffice it to say that a Fairy Tale theme seemed perfect! As usual when I set the challenge I always start off the week with great plans (normally involving hours of work) and end up rushing at the last moment. This time was no disappointment. I mean if you're talking fairy tales then you must go over the top - what would have happened to Rapunzel if she couldn't be bothered growing her hair and stuck with a bob? And just suppose if Cinderella wasn't really that bothered about going to the ball and just wanted to sit at home with her feet up instead? No, this challenge called for some effort...

And so I present my homage to Princesses, dragons and magical castles in lands far, far away.

Mixed media on canvas - collaged background papers and then I painted the Princess and the dragon on top. Acrylics, coloured pencil, tissue, wrapping paper, ribbons, fibres and the magical stone of Amror...



Available for purchase in my Etsy shop.

12 comments:

  1. Beautiful collage - It has me itching to get back to that type of art, which I haven't done in quite a while.

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  2. ~so so enchanting is she...when i was younger i wanted purple hair so badly...i used to threatend my mother, tried every possibly tactic to get her to let me...well purple i guess was never meant to be my color...so i guess i can sit back and enjoy your painting! atleast someone gets to enjoy this color!!
    i know your day has passed but still i can honor you...who says you can't celebrate twice!! wishing you a beautiful day ahead filled with only l♥ve and light shining bright upon you...may you savor each moment with those you l♥ve and create memories to cherish within always...happy mothers day to you...warm wishes and brightest blessings~

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  3. A beautiful collage. Perfect for the challange today. Love those colors.

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  4. what a lovely collage and I love the color!

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  5. Beautiful collage, Lisa--it really is an enchanting fairy tale.

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  6. That is beautiful! I love her tissue paper hair and your choice of colour is lovely! Gorgeous piece!

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  7. This is great. Love her,love the texture,the fonts.She looks as though she's capable of riding the dragon is in the background.

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  8. Oh WOW this is glorious! I think it might be my all time favorite piece of yours, I love all the layers of color and texture and her EYES are so beautifully done! I would bet that this won't last long in your shop!

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  9. I don't know how I missed this one(I was really busy yesterday). I love her purple hair and all the embleshishments. I had to look at it for a few minutes to make sure I seen everything.She's beautiful.

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  10. It is really beautiful, Lisa! Lovely colours and beautiful background setting!

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  11. Great collage...I love the way you've incorporated scrapbook pages. So inspiring!

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