Living By Faith
Hello! ¡Hola! I had a frightful weekend, as my brother called to tell me that Mother had trouble breathing, and was at emergency . She was diagnosed with congestive heart failure, and hospitalized. Praise be to God, it only took a couple of days for the medical staff to get her cleared, so she's now back home. I'm staying with my Mom, but got some pages done before I came up. I illustrated this rose by doing a simple pencil sketch first. Then, I did some watercolor washes. When it was dry, I used a marker to do the detailing. I am submitting this page to The Crafting Challenge July, Beautiful Blossoms Challenge - Anything Florals Goes, and Crafting Happiness Challenges - July. This collage page is an exercise using negative space. I began by covering my page with scraps of paper. Then, I cut out the women's silhouette on the newsprint paper, and glued the negative portion over the harlequin print backgroun...
