Friday, July 8, 2011

Paint Party Friday . . . Strawberry Shortcake

Good morning and Happy Paint Party Friday!! Its only my second week posting but I am having fun already! Thanks so much to all those who left a comment on last weeks PPF post. I was welcomed with open arms.

This painting was inspired by a friend's daughter who loves Strawberry Shortcake. Do you remember her? I sure do. I was a big fan back in the day. ;) I wanted to create my version of this classic character. I sketched her out and colored her in with my caran d'ache crayons and then got to work on the background. I had a lot of fun with this. I collaged some papers onto the canvas board and applied layers of pink and green paint along with white gesso. I used a paper towel to wipe away after I applied the paint. I typically don't do that but I have to say I loved the results. Between the papers and paint layers it has lots of great texture. She looks better in person . . . was fighting with my scanner to get a good image. I think I lost that battle! lol

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Wishing you all a great weekend!
xo

15 comments:

  1. I DO remember Strawberry Shortcake:) Sweet piece and goes so well with the ppf blog poll too. Happy PPF!

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  2. I remember Strawberry Shortcake! Love your version of her. Have a great weekend! :)

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  3. Don't think so hang on I will google her. No I must of missed this one. But it's nice that we can have our inspiration from any where how cool and you just ran with it ;0) Dxx

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  4. Mmmmmm cake...... Mmmmm strawberries.... Mmmmm

    She's very cute :)

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  5. Happy PPF! I had to skip last week's fun, but I'm back this week - so let me say Welcome to the party! Strawberry Shortcake was my favorite toy as a girl. My mom kept all of mine for me and now my daughter plays with them! Love what you did with her!

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  6. Loving your version of Strawberry Shortcake, so cute. Happy PPF, Annette x

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  7. I do remember SS and all her strawberry scented stuff. This is really cute!

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  8. Huge fan back in the day for me too...this looks cute and delicious! Happy PPF!

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  9. Your Strawberry Shortcake is cute. I like her wings! HAPPY PPF!

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  10. I remember Strawberry, really cute picture. I'm enjoying the mountains and I now have high speed internet here, Yea!

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  11. Welcome to PPF! My girls love SS when they were little. And now my grand daughters have DVDs of her. Great piece, isn't it fun to experiment.

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  12. Very cute!

    I think we missed that one though the dessert is delicious!

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  13. A sweet lovely artwork. Well Done!

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  14. Oooh - I love Strawberry Shortcake! (I used to collect them all :) )

    xo
    Kristin

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