The Furtive Dryad
22 Dec
I think she’s finished. If you remember last week, she almost hit the trash bin. I was just having fits with the background. I kept wanting to put a little lighted hut in the background but I wasn’t listening to her story. She has left her forest home on an adventure but she must be very careful not to be caught! The humans believe her kind are only a myth and she must not let them find out the truth or they will have no peace and will have to move deeper into the forest. She will just have a quick peek and then she’ll disappear into the night.
Mixed media on canvas paper. Below is my palette of acrylics for P&P. I also used white charcoal, black Scribe All and bark Inktense pencils and gesso. I’m also showing the collage that I started with as my inspiration. I’ll be linking to Paint Party Friday and to Tracey’s Palette and Paint. I really appreciate everyone’s comments from last week. You helped save this one!
Tags: faces, mixed media
I’m glad she didn’t end up in a bin.
Looks marvelous! Happy Holidays! 
LOVE the background on her!!!! So glad you listened to her story!!!!! Thanks for sharing how you began – amazing to me where you started and where you ended up!
what a great save!!! Love the background. It fits her perfectly.
Such a beautiful story! Shhh! I think someone is coming down the castle stairway, be careful!
I freakin love the way you made this.
I love her postion.
I love how your process.
so inspiring to me.
T
She’s perfect!
Happy Holidays!!
She is exactly as she should be. Glad to see you listened to the canvas.
Happy holiday!
Gorgeous! I love how you take the collage and turn it into a totally coooool person:)
my favorite color right now ! lovely secret lady you have made
- KAT -
She turned out just magic
This is so lovely, I could look at her all day. She really has something! Valerie
Great! you has been great, I like the color degradation from the blue to the ochre, and that way away.A kiss and Merry Christmas to you.
I so love the way you do these!
I love the way this turned out! And your instinct about changing the background was right on! If we step away from a piece for a while, something will come to us when we come back. Great job!
Glad you finished the piece. She is very exotic looking.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Ev
I love her headdress! Beautiful! Happy Holidays!
Wow!!! She is gorgeous. Exotic. Love those elven ears and feather hair!
Hope you and your loved ones have a very Merry Christmas Melisa!
This is absolutely gorgeous! I love how it turned out! Merry Christmas to you!
She is fabulous. Love the colors and the exotic look in her eyes.
Wow, what gorgeous work!!! I’m so glad she didn’t hit the trash can you silly girl, she is spectacular! Deb
Lovely result! I love this painting.. how it leads the eye from the lovely woman to the outside that looks like a field leading to some place. I’m quite curious about the story behind her. Great job! Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones!
She’s wonderful!!! Merry Christmas to You!
Fortunately it has not finished to the Poupelle.
Next time I will also take this course of Sharon.
Happy Holydays!
So glad you kept her. Lovely work.
Wishing you a Happy PPF and wonderful 2012.
Sheri Cook/Happy Horse Studio
She is stunning. Here eyes pull me in and capture me.
Nicole/Beadwright
wow, she is stunning!
Thanks for joining in with P&P, it’s wonderful to see what you used to create this amazing piece. So glad you stuck with it, the results are incredible. I’ve showcased your painting and palette over on my blog: http://traceypotterartist.blogspot.com/2012/01/palette-paint-7.html
I hope you had a wonderful Christmas & are off to a brilliant start to 2012!
Wow! You have done a fantastic job! I like the different mediums you have used. I’ve never used the Inktense pencils, what are they like to use?
Thanks, Ellie! The Inktense pencils are water soluble but they have more viscosity than watercolor pencils, a little like ink. And the colors, once wet, are very very vibrant! I only have the small set of 12 (I think) but I’d love to have the big one. I have found that if I dip the tip in water, I can use them in places that other pencils will not even leave a mark.