Summer of Color -- Week 4 -- 2 Reds & Metallic

Hello Week 4! What a challenge you were! 

Red and I are not the best of friends, however, my idea came while I was going to brush my teeth. You see, I have an Ironman toothbrush. No judging!  My fiance bought it for me. He knows Ironman/Tony Stark is my favorite. This is where Freddy B's nerdiness, rubs off on me!

Ironman fits this week's challenge perfectly! I LOVE how he turned out! I am SO excited to share this with you this week. 

Sometimes the solutions to our challenges are sitting right in front of us!

Again, I let my heart control my hands. :) 

Here is the picture I used for my inspiration...

This is a shot of what I used to create my piece this week. 

I started out on my canvas with gesso. Then, I spread the the naphthol crimson all over with a small amount of alizarin crimson hue mixed in. Next, I used a star stencil I had and created shapes through the background using the alizarin crimson hue and gold. (All my paints are Liquitex Basics.) I also used the same stencil and modeling paste to create some dimension. Then, I drew my Ironman head on a piece of white card stock, outlined him with a black sharpie, and painted him in. (This was by far my favorite part. I was so excited with how he turned out.) I attached him to my canvas using 3-D tape squares. Next, I stamped the quote onto white card stock and cut it out. I glued it to the canvas and used Stickles to adorn the modeling paste stars. Last, I added some red glass dots at random. 

Here he is! :) 

Isn't he GREAT!?!? 

Thanks for stopping by! See ya next week! :)