Rainbow Bob Girl

'Rainbow Bob Girl'

© 2017 by Shiloh Moore

Watercolour Pencil on Paper

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I wanted to experiment doing a portrait using Watercolour Pencils.  I used a reference photo from p29 'Hair' Magazine Sept 2016.   I reverse image searched it and you can find it as the 8th picture at the link below:  

Model Karolina Warzecha

Hair Artist Christophe Gaillet pour L'Oreal Professionnel

Photographer Weronika Kosinska

Makeup Artist Izabela Szelagowska

Stylist Marcin Kulak

Production MKproduction

8th picture - Hair L'oreal Moon Collection by Christophe Gaillet http://www.beautyscene.net/hair/moon-collection-by-christophe-gaillet/

I've been too scared to draw many portraits in the past, but for this one I used a light box and traced her face using a rainbow of colours with watercolour pencils.  I'm not confident enough to draw free hand yet.  But as my first experiment of a portrait using this technique with watercolour pencils, I'm happy with the result!

Rainbow Fashion Girl

'Rainbow Fashion Girl'

©2017 by Shiloh Moore

8x10" Watercolour using Jane Davenport Bright Palette

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I recently discovered art by James Luke Burke Creative which introduced me to the Jane Davenport art supply range.  Her watercolours are amazing, and I was drawn to her 'Bright Palette' - with 12 vibrant, bright colours.

This was my first artwork experimenting with them.  I love the colours.  I drew the girl from a photo of a red dress by Armani, and copied the model's pose but changed the colours.  I used a range of colours from purple, pinks, blues, greens and yellow.  The Jane Davenport colours I used are named 'Royal,' 'Fairytale', 'Best Friend', 'Butterfly', '70's Eyeshadow,' 'Mermaid,' 'Jimminy,' and 'Buzzy.'  

I love how the colours dried with patterns in the watercolour wash.  I was very happy with the result and am excited to have new bright watercolours to play with - it's exactly what I have wanted for a very long time!

Twirl Hairstyle

'Twirl Hairstyle'

© 10/8/16 by Shiloh Moore

5x5" Pitt Pen on Paper

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I was recently browsing Pinterest and found a number of gorgeous line drawings by several artists, of women, of which I especially loved their hair.  So I looked up a favourite hairstyle I used to love when I had longer hair, and drew it using that style. Beauty! 

Girl With Kitty

'Girl With Kitty In Bed' 

© 2013 by Shiloh Moore
 A5 Watercolour and Pitt Pen on Paper

I did some drawings of a girl with her kitty, both lying in bed and standing up and active.  A lot of my friends with ME have kitty companions and their kitties are incredibly special to them, so I wanted to capture that.  This is the drawing of the girl with her kitty in bed, in colour (above) and just with the pitt pen (below.)  I wasn't too happy with how the purple in the watercolour came out, but I didn't have the energy to redo it and it's just an exercise for fun, not to be paid, so it doesn't have to be perfect! 

'Girl With Kitty'

© 2013 by Shiloh Moore
A5 Watercolour and Pitt Pen on paper

And here's the girl standing upright holding her kitty.  In colour (above), and the outline using Pitt Pen (below). 

'Girl With Kitty'

Little Girl At The Beach

'Little Girl At The Beach'

copyright 2013 by Shiloh Moore

Watercolour and Pitt Pen on Paper - 

(Paper page from 'The Baby Sitters Club #32' by Ann M. Martin)

I went to the beach last year and have had this image floating around in my head ever since.  I like to imagine myself as a little girl, wearing floaties on the beach, building sandcastles with my bucket and spade, under the shining childlike sun.  It makes me feel warm and happy.

Other images of my 'Little Girl' can be found by clicking here

Rainbow Beauty

'Rainbow Beauty'

20"x 20" (51cm x 51cm) mixed media on canvas

copyright 2013 by Shiloh Moore 

I haven't done any art for 6 weeks, it just wasn't flowing, and I decided not to push it.  I had the Easter 4 day weekend free and on the Thursday night this image came to me again - it's one I thought up over a year ago but hadn't yet had the energy to sit up and do.  So I woke up super motivated, and gave it a go, determined to at least make a start on it.

I first had the idea after seeing much of Rachelle Panagarry's gorgeous work on her blog www.arteyecandy.com I looked at her style of collage background with a face in the foreground, and loved it.  And her youtube clip for 'Faces in colour' on the page 'Art Eye Candy TV' at this website, gave me the idea for using the tissue paper, and also the collage in the background.

The good thing about this piece was it was done in steps.  So I was forced to take breaks.  I would do a layer, then lie down as it dried.  Then I'd do another layer, then lie down.  It's the most ambitious piece I've done so far and took a lot out of me (I expect to be in recovery mode for a while) but I love it and it makes me feel so good to have made it.  I love looking at it and seeing all the layers. 

Here is a step by step guide to how it was done:

1)  First layer was a collage of faces from magazines:

  Background to 'Rainbow Beauty'

by Shiloh Moore

2)  Next I outlined the face and hair in pitt pen, and painted a thin layer of skin coloured acrylic on the face and white on the eye.  I made sure the paint layer was thin enough so you could still see the collage layer underneath:

Outline of 'Rainbow Beauty'

by Shiloh Moore

3) Then I added a layer of tissue paper:

Tissue layer of 'Rainbow Beauty'

by Shiloh Moore

4)  Over the tissue I painted with watercolour and outlined the detail with pitt pen.  These photos show detail:

Detail of top of 'Rainbow Beauty'

copyright by Shiloh Moore

Detail of bottom of 'Rainbow Beauty'

 copyright by Shiloh Moore

Portrait detail of 'Rainbow Beauty'

copyright by Shiloh Moore

5) And the final product:

'Rainbow Beauty'

copyright 2013 by Shiloh Moore

Enjoy The Puddles

'Enjoy The Puddles'

Copyright 2013 by Shiloh Moore

Watercolour and Pitt pen on Paper

If you like this 'Little Girl' you may like these other posts:
'Happy Birthday Balloon Girl'
'Little Girl' and
'Circle of Life'

Happy Birthday Balloon Girl

'Happy Birthday Balloon Girl'

Watercolour and Pitt Pen on Babysitter's Club Book Paper

Copyright 2012 by Shiloh Moore

17/11/12

I wanted to create something that brought me joy.  Thinking of a little girl being lifted by balloons to travel, flying over gorgeous hills and mountains - this image brought me joy.  I made the balloons spell out 'Happy Birthday.'

I painted this on a second hand second copy of p 7 of 'Kristy And The Secret Of Susan' from the Babysitter's Club series by Ann M. Martin, because that series brought me much joy in my childhood/tween days. 

'Happy Birthday Balloon Girl'

B+W outline before watercolour

copyright 2012 by Shiloh Moore

If you like this 'Little Girl' you may also like:
'Enjoy the Puddles'
'Little Girl' and
'Circle of Life' 

Namaste Girl

'Namaste Girl'

copyright 2012 by Shiloh Moore

4"x6" Watercolour and Pitt Pen on Paper

I have been fascinated by the Indian greeting 'Namaste'.  I love the meaning I once read of 'The divine in me acknowledges the divine in you' as a greeting on meeting or parting.  

I also love drawings and paintings of girls, so I was doodling and came up with this one.  She greets you with respect, with love from her heart.

Little Girl

'Little Girl' copyright 2012 by Shiloh Moore

Pitt Pen and Watercolour 23/6/12

A friend had a little baby girl recently.  For her babyshower I drew the below drawing of a little girl, and added colour for the above watercolour version, for them to keep in the little girl's bedroom.

'Little Girl' copyright 2012 by Shiloh Moore

Pencil on paper 2/6/12

If you like 'Little Girl' you may also like:
'Enjoy the Puddles'
'Happy Birthday Balloon Girl' and
'Circle of Life' 

'Rainbow Girl'

'Rainbow Girl' A4 Mixed media (c) 2012 by Shiloh Moore

This girl came to me a few weeks ago and has been begging to be created.  I did her bit by bit, a layer of pencil, and stuck two pieces of music manuscript in the background of the two left corners.  Then a layer of acrylic skin tone paint on her face.  Then I glued a layer of tissue paper over the whole piece.  Once that was dry I painted the colour with watercolours.  Then I outlined the picture with black pitt pens.   

She brings me joy :)

And the initial scribble:

'Circle of Life'

'Circle of Life' A4 Watercolour on paper, (c) 2012 by Shiloh Moore

This image has been bubbling in my mind for months. It has been begging to be created. I drew it with Pitt Pen while lying down, then worked on it with watercolours sitting up for short spurts, then resting in between. I imagined a curvaceous tree at the heart of a circle of life, home to a wise owl, a bird, a lizard, a spider with its web. Surrounded on the ground by flowers, a deer, butterflies and a dragonfly in the air, all being enjoyed by a little girl with pigtails on a swing. Innocence, life, beauty, joy, nature. Happiness.

If you like the Little Girl in 'Circle of Life' you may also like:

'Little Girl' 

'Happy Birthday Balloon Girl' and

'Enjoy The Puddles' 

'Portrait of a Model'

'Portrait of a Model' A7 Pitt Pen on Paper (c)2012 by Shiloh Moore

I was looking at faces of models in magazines and I came across one I was really drawn to, in 'Modern Hair and Beauty'. This was the model's 'before' shot on p22, photography by Ian Golding.

I drew a simplified drawing of a girl's face from her features.

Then I played with the image with colours and textures:

'Juliet'

'Juliet' A7 Line Drawing on Watercolour Paper
(c) Dec 2011 Shiloh Moore

I drew an image of Juliet by the water from the Baz Luhrmann version of the film 'Romeo And Juliet' back in 1997. I lost the picture of Claire Danes' Juliet that I drew it from, but I came across my scribble in December last year. I re-drew it with Pitt Pen on a tiny A7 Watercolour Paper sheet, which is below. Then recently I played with the colours on the computer to form the above image.

I love the serenity, the contemplation, the stillness, the sense of peace you feel around water. I love the use of water in the film of that version of Romeo and Juliet, the water brings these senses of stillness to their chaotic world.

I enhanced this drawing to make it into a stencil to cut out and paint blocks of colour onto a black background, but I haven't been well enough to cut the stencil out. So I took the little image below and played with it to create the image above, and I figure I may as well show you now. Hopefully one day I'll be well enough to cut out and paint the more intricate version, but for now I'll share with you this little piece.

'Make A Wish'

'Make a Wish' A7 Line Drawing (c) 2012 by Shiloh Moore

This little piccie is a tiny line drawing, played with using a photo manipulation site.

Make a Wish!
xx

Free Spirit

"Free Spirit" mixed media (c) by Shiloh Moore - Face Detail

The other day I discovered a new style of art that really attracts me - mixed media portraits. I fell in love with art by Rachelle Panagarry, and on her site, 'Art Eye Candy,' she has some YouTube clips to show you how she does her gorgeous faces, found here.

I was inspired to give it a go. This first shot is a close up of my girl.

This next one is a detail of the top right hand corner.

This is a close up of the mid right section:
Here is the top left corner:
And the lower right corner has a hummingbird:
A close up of the hummindbird:
And, revealing the complete picture:
I'm in love!

'Earthy Girl'

'Earthy Girl' Paper Collage Copyright by Shiloh Moore
From this sketch: