Final piece

Final piece

This post basically explains my final piece and how it was produced. In this post unless you've read my previous pages you'll be referring back quite a lot so I hope you're prepared.

Method:

 First you'll need to grab your equipment which consists of, acrylic paint, coloured pencils, graphical pen at sizes 0.5 and 0.3, sewing machine with light&dark blue, orange, green and black thread with an orange bobbin and lastly water colours.
 Next you need to start by drawing out your design onto cartridge paper.
After that you need to start painting which is explained in my previous posts, start with cool colours on the nose then warm for the mouth, followed by cool again for the face. Remember to leave the eyes as realistic as possible and don't forget to switch brush size to create extra detail. Leave to dry before you begin the next stage. 
Once the hairs done you can start on the hair. Make sure your pencils are sharp and begin to add detail to the care using fine lines and building up tone by placing the pencil lines closer together and also using the black pencil to add depth. (More detail on mum previous post)
Since pencils don't need to dry you can start straight away on the next process which is the ears. For this start by drawing out the basic shapes and direction on the fur on the ears using the 0.5 pen then begin to zentangle the ears using the 0.3 the pattern should consist of basic shapes to create a in-depth pattern. You can also use the 0.5 to shade in the pattern.
 Next you'll need to set up the sewing machine. Make sure your design has a backing sheet behind it as it creates a thicker layer to be sewed on and prevents the paper ripping. Once this is done thread up with the light blue thread first and using the free hand stitch start sewing into the lighter areas of blue on Lilly's face, this is to highlight the areas of light and dark. After switch with the dark blue and repeat the process. With the orange thread outline the nose and snout, this prevents the paint from having a flat look. Then move onto the collar using green and orange sew each section very roughly you don't need to be neat here. After that do the same to the buckle.
 Next move onto your water colour wash for the background. For this wet the page lightly and applying a little paint coat the page in greens and blue to give a light vibe. Be careful to not wet the page too much to avoid the page curling. 
 Leave to dry , while it's during clean up your area. 
The last thing that can be done to your piece is mounted.














Health & safety:

Be careful using the sewing machine. Keep your fingers away from the needle. Avoid drinking near the plug socket.
 Clean up after yourself.