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all the colors I used are DFX.

1 make the beak and eyes yellow
2 then make the white streaks.
3 make contours of the eyes and beak.
4 add blue and red stripes.
5 make the star in the middle.

super cute!!

all of these are really great....I want to enter a challenge, but having second thoughts....you all are too fab!!! IT will be SO HARD to vot e for just one!!!

Just do it Smiley! I have faith in you! Don't compare yourself to other painters... no one, and I mean NO ONE paints the same as anyone else. Just give it you personal best shot! It's super fun, and no pressure; really, you'd be surprised with how well you can do! You never know until you try!

In St. Louis the fireworks over the arch are a big deal.

al snazaroo paint. small flat brush and #4 round.

1) Mark in skyline and the bulk of the black/blue
2 Fill in black/blue around edges of skyline
3) Outline everything in black
4) add silver paint and glitter to Arch
5) Add white shimer powder to buildings
6) Add fireworks and glitter on fireworks.

love it!...and love your design, Anita!

Fantastic and very creative designs, loving it

bkrvail wrote:thanks everybody for the kind words!!

I really love your work. Wish you could come to Maui and teach me!

first sponged a base with met. dark blue, light blue, white and red dFX, painted the lips red met. dFX

added artybrush strokes red-white and blue

added red white and blue stars and drops with a round 5 brush

added black detail with a round 5 brush

finally added some starbursts and dots with white and finished off with glitter



as it happens..the Dutch soccer team is about to play their first game in 20 minutes...so I'm already in the right colours!...I'm keeping it on for a while!

wow Michelle!

thanks...it's gonna be a tough one this time...I really like some of the designs so much!

Twinkle, I would love to come see you in maui, and yes we would paint up a storm while i was there, lol.

Michelle, very cool design!!!

I didnt remember to do a step by step until a few steps in. Sorry.
1) Draw outline of stars and lines connecting every point of the star to a middle point.
2. Fill in with shades of red and blue (light to dark)
3. Outline stars and lines in black
4. Add white glitter to stars.
5. Add silver shimmer powder to background
6. Draw and outline swirls from corner of other eye
7. Add dots

OMG!!! I'm so embarassed about our porch table!! We had a bbq on saturday, and i haven't gotten around to cleaning it up. GAH!!

Sweet, love the designs Bec, you go girl.

Hey just a side question I've been thinking of getting my nose pierced for quite some time now, I noticed you have yours done. Did it really hurt & how long afterwards until it settled down. I think they look so cool.

Mandi from Tazzie wrote:Sweet, love the designs Bec, you go girl.

Hey just a side question I've been thinking of getting my nose pierced for quite some time now, I noticed you have yours done. Did it really hurt & how long afterwards until it settled down. I think they look so cool.

I have 9 piercings and the nose was by far the most painful. I have no idea why. but it hurt bad and it hurt for a couple weeks i think. It was like 8 years ago, I'm pretty sure I drank away most of my memories between 20 and 23. Lol.

there's a medical reason why the nose hurts soooo much more, idk if it'd be appropriate to say it on here, but the point is I'm not surprised it was the most painful.


BTW I LOVE that design Michelle! And Bec, what a bold design! that would get anyone's attention! And I like the St. Louis one, it's awesome that you took it another step to make it more personal for you!

Mandi from Tazzie wrote:Sweet, love the designs Bec, you go girl.

Hey just a side question I've been thinking of getting my nose pierced for quite some time now, I noticed you have yours done. Did it really hurt & how long afterwards until it settled down. I think they look so cool.

I've had them on two different sides..not at the same time...but took them out again...they never really settled down...it hurts for a bit, but not very long...

great design, Bec!

love your design Bec and your piercing too!!

Hey Hey,
On the piercing issue... I had my nose done ( with a gun) and they did it on a nerve... it was so painfull I had to take it out, I had it re-pierced more forward and it was fine. I still have it now but only wear a nose ring occasionally because I lose them all the time! I then got my tounge done with the hook... and serious...OUCHY! Couldn't kiss or smoke or whistle for weeks, and I sounded like an idiot when I talked for three days.
Long story short three years later my man and I have both had to have root canals because the tongue ring stops you being able to clean your teeth with your tongue. I spend my days now warding people off the tongue rings!...
sorry so off topic....

the tounge was something i never even considered. especially after how badly the nose hurt.

WOW! I think this challenge has gone to a "Whole 'Nother Level"!!! These are all so good! I have a design I've been working on.... I just need to convince a kid at my restaurant tonight to let me do it....

Bec, you should see me trying to find a good background for my pictures... homeschool books... no..... my yucky bathroom wallpaper... no.... my weed garden... no(this is weeds, NOT Weed... IYKWIM:-)

Thanks for the input on all the nose piercings everyone . I'll let you know if I get one done

OK here is my offering for the contest. I sat down and had no idea what I was going to do. Just started to paint and here we are. I had to go back and quickly do a step by step so the pics may be slightly out of order.



My take on the stars and stripes colors used are all DFX

Step 1. create confetti tube using 1" flat & my homemade(patriotic) splitcake back to back(2 swipes) creating swirls at
the end
Step 2. starting adding white streamers and falling confetti stars using #2 round
Step 3. add tear drops around swirls for accent
Step 4. add streamers in red & blue, line eyes with blue & white, outline starts in blue all done with #2 round
Step 5. add blue accents to teardrops
Step 6. add white dots to eyes and voila

One of my hubby's friends got his tongue pierced back when it was a new thing to do. I'll never forget how hard I laughed when he started talking and said, "I dibd bit becabausebd itbits coobl(translation: I did it because it's cool)." All I could think is, you sound like a dork(sorry if I offend anyone with tongue piercings... You'd have to have been there).

<---------------------- going back to check the sign on the door.......I thought this was the monthly challenge room??? Big leap from independence to tongue piercing....lol