Showing posts with label nesting dolls. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nesting dolls. Show all posts

Saturday, January 26, 2019

Nesting Dolls Gossiping Over Tea in gouache

I don't own any, but there is something I'm fascinated about nesting dolls. I remember as a little girl playing with a set at a relative's house. I loved the detail yet simple shape, I loved how they stacked inside one another and were all different. This is a painting of two of those dolls telling each other stories while sipping tea. Painted on  11x11 watercolor paper in gouache using the black and white outline method.

A lull in creativity

 When I worked for the art supply company years ago, the spring was always slow for sales. Rather than sitting inside and making art, people...