Deixa cantar de novo o trovador

 By: AndyFerrari    14:51  alliance française, book page, cartapesta, literature, masks, wooden flowers   No comments

Ok, it's been a while... (yes, almost a month Andy) Sorry, end of the year, you know...

So, in the end of november and beggining of december there was the Literature party at Alliance Française here in Maringá, Arapongas and Londrina. We were in charge of the fantastic literature, so we had a room with a game in which people had to guess the fantastic creatures inside boxes based on extracts from books and the masks inside, and we all wore black capes and white masks, it was fun :) 

The second pic is the entrance to our room! I was afraid people wouldn't want to pass, but I guess curiosity over weird peeps with masks overcomes the trouble of going through a web/labirinth ^ ^

And this is outside the Alliance Française in Arapongas, isn't it beautiful?

And now back to my regular masks....

This is Aquarela do Brasil (from this song) and she's made with textured paper, paprika, saffron, and natural decorations, such as wooden flowers, burlap, straw, and seeds.

This is Saisons de L'esprit, I just started to attach the flower decorations (and realized I'll still have to make many many flowers)

And here is the first sketch for Hanabi the 2nd (Hanabi is a series, so there will be more)

And here is the first one with the wooden flowers I got with AccentsandPetals. Not 100% yet

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I was perched outside in the pouring rain

 By: AndyFerrari    12:43  application, lace, masks, texture, wooden flowers   No comments

I haven't been showing much, but it doesn't mean I haven't been doing much! Some previews on some of the masks I started these last couple of weeks (although I didn't really give names yet...Just to the one in the middle, but I'll keep it a secret for a while)

This one is quite different, I used paper applications for the texture on the face, paprika and saffron for the eyes and forehead, and wooden flowers, coloured burlap, and seeds for the head applications. She's still missing flowers, which I'll go get in Curitiba.

 Well, this one has an oil paint base, and the applications are of a textured paper usually used for covering boxes and such. I know the light isn't helping here, but she's in black with the applications in black, dark blue and an other lighter, slightly metallized blue.

 Last one, she has a dark blue acrylic base, with a light cream coloured lace on top, and embroidered lace applications. Although she's a mezzo viso, I decided to give her a low gaze, so she's not really for wearing (unless you don't mind not seeing anything of course)

More to come! Hopefully three more till next week.

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