Healing...

I have spent the past two days in and out of the hospital supporting a dear friend as her sister, (also a friend) has had 90% of her stomach removed due to cancer.  It's been an exhausting time both for myself and for my friend's family.

Cancer sucks.  I wish I could wave a magic wand and make it go away, but I can't.  God help me, but I might just be tempted to forsake all that I know is good to make cancer obsolete.  Sometimes I wonder if my own damnation might be worth freeing us all from the stronghold that cancer claims upon the lives of so many......

Anyhow, this morning as I fluffed and puffed my hair and painted my face to visit the hospital I was struck with the idea of creating a healing doll.  So, I immediately texted my friend sitting vigil at her sister's side, and asked her, "Hey, what do you think about creating a healing doll for Angie!"

My friend of course, being the creative soul that she is, texted, "Oh yes!!!!  I even have fabric, thread and batting to stuff the doll form.  I can make it while I sit with Angie!"

So, here I sit with this beautiful little stuffed doll form.  We made it out of white wool and it is begging to be adorned with beads.  Below you shall find a photo of the doll form that Annie created.  It's about 6 inches tall.  I'm just meditating on the face....what should I sculpt?    Anyhow, I don't know why the darn picture wouldn't  upload upright, but you get the idea right?



Crazy-assed horizontal healing doll photo!



Kroma Crackle~A Grand Experiment!



Example of Kroma Crackle, crackled!



Today, I purchased a new product called Kroma Crackle, to use in my acrylic painting.  As you can see from the sample above, the effect is quite lovely.  I could hardly wait to drive myself home to begin using this fascinating tube of goo.

The first thing I did upon arriving home is mix up a little Kroma Crackle with some deep Indian yellow paint and a dab of gold mica powder for that extra bit of sparkle.  Then I applied the tinted Kroma Crackle to the upper right and lower portion of the canvas.

As you can see from the pictures below, I also dotted the areas of the Kroma Crackle with some cranberry alcohol ink.  It takes 1-3 days for the Crackle to dry.  The photos below show us two hours into the process.

Thorny flower canvas with Kroma Crackle application.



Close-up of Crackle in the corner!

My only concerns are as follows: 

1)  I did not apply the Kroma Crackle thickly enough to achieve the crackle texture I desire.

2)  The yellow top coat is too freaking yellow!  (I am hoping this can be corrected with a future color wash!)

Overall, I think I am going to love this product and I can't wait to play some more!

Flowers with Thorns!

Here's a photo I snapped this evening of my latest acrylic painting. 

It's seriously rocking my soul in a groovy kind of way.

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I'll have more photos soon!