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First time for me to enter into these Challenges. Love everyone's work, so I was super scared to try, but here goes.....

Materials:
Snazaroo white and red
DFX black and white
TAG berry wine
My own split of Snazaroo green and yellow
Round brush #1, #4, #6
Flat brush #10
Two sponges

Step 1 - sponge Snazaroo white all over
Step 2 - Using round #6 brush, outline and fill in the eyes with DFX black
Step 3 - Using round #4 brush, paint design around eyes with TAG berry wine
Step 4 - Using flat #10 brush, paint roses with Snazaroo red, and leaves with my split of Snazaroo green and yellow.
Step 5 - Paint nose and outline roses, leaves, and eye design with DFX black.
Step 6 - Add line work (webs/swirls) with DFX black. Add tear drops on top/bottom of face with TAG berry wine.
Step 7 - Add dots and tear drops around face, nose, and swirls.
Step 8 - Add white dots in eye design with DFX white. Fill in lips with Snazaroo red and add black lines on lips. Dry paint in webs for shading.

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wow stunning vinnie... great photography too! Do you have a studio?

Riana. Thank you so much. Just between you and me I do actually feel like I've had a bit of a growth spurt. I feel like if I just start working at some gigs, it'll only help me further.

Leslie. hahahaha i know what you meen about the wrinkles! I also find the soft tissue under my eyes is like a mindfield when try to paint fines lines! Drives me crazy. Give me a young fresh faced canvas any day. Nice colourful skull.

Jen. Super pretty skull. I actually don't think it looks too busy, and I love the colour choice.

Vinnie so glad you entered your first challenge! YAY. Beautiful elegant skull. LOVE LOVE your hair, and yes, great photography.

Thank you for your compliments! Haha Rae! I also had problems under my eyes!

I love how everyone has totally different styles and even more different skulls!

Pilareta wrote:Hey Sinny,a peacock inspired sugar skull with blue feathers on your eyes would look great !!!

HAHAHA done!

sorry the writing is so small didn't notice until i posted and the slide show wouldn't let me go back and edit. also when i try to add a final pic the message comes up as 404 not found?

Thanks Jen! If you call pvc pipes and a curtain a studio....then yes, I do, lol. I use pvc pipes as the frame and hang a black curtain from it as my background. For lighting, I like to bounce light off my wall with my flash.

Thanks for the compliment Rae! I LOVE, LOVE your sugar skull!!! I painted my sister, wish I was good enough to paint myself, not there yet. My mom and sister love the 30s/40s era, so they love doing their hair like this for photo shoots. My mom is a hair stylist. You can google Retro Do's for more of her work.

¡Sinny, eres la bomba! You look awesome with your peacock design and your eyelashes are just WOW! Aren't they hard to use? My eyes are really sensitive and I'm afraid of using them...

Okay! Here is my first ever contest entry. It seems like there are a lot of first timers this go round. My #3 brush point got mushy about half way through, so my line work is wretched, but overall, I'm happy. I've only been painting a month or so, so hopefully I'll get better. I love all the creativity in the forum. Thanks for the inspiration!

Materials:
DFX black and white
Silly Farm Wonder Pallete: purple/metallic rose, pink/red, teal/lilac
Tulip silver
#3 brush, #6 brush, sponge
bling

Pilareta wrote:¡Sinny, eres la bomba! You look awesome with your peacock design and your eyelashes are just WOW! Aren't they hard to use? My eyes are really sensitive and I'm afraid of using them...

they do feel a bit funny. and there is definitely a nack to putting them on. the plain ones i was wearing on my other sugar skull weren't too bad but these i ripped off straight after my pics lol. try getting some cheap ones off of ebay and practice they are soo cheap doesn't matter if u stuff them up, also glitter tat glue works just as good as eyelash glue to stick them on.

Thanks, Synni! I'm so jealous of your eyelashes so I'm thinking I'll try it...

OK, entry 2...opened the inspiration folder, and Mark Reid jumped out at me. So here's my sunset sugar skull...loved doing it, just kind of played as I went.

Snaz red, orange, yellow
DFX white and black
sponge
lowel cornel 0 and um, maybe a 1 round.





ugh..taken with a camera phone...I need to fix my digital camera!!!

hahaha Synni you did it!! awesome.


Vinnie, thank you, I actually find it much easier to paint myself than others. Is that weird? I don't know, but it's something I obviously have to break. I looked up the retro dos, you mom is very clever. You've got to cash in on that girl, beautiful sister, clever stylist mom, your face painting and photography. You've got the complete set.

Otter Girl. Welcome to the challenge. I like your shading from the temples up, it really gives it a more skull like appearance. Nice use of gems too.

Letmepaint you. Wow. I love it.


Woo Hoo!! Our skulls are getting more creative by the minute.

Sorry about the ginormous pictures, all! I'll try to scale them down.
*edit* Ok, they are more manageable now. Sorry about that!

there are so many great submissions here, this one will be hard and I think sugar skulls are my weakness, so many great ideas!

Otter girl, love the colors!

Letmepaintyou, love the creativity!

This forum is awesome. Everyone is so talented!

Michelle, you're our computer angel!

Wow, it just gets better and better! Some amazing talent on this challenge! I love your 2nd entry Letmepaintyou! Very creative!

Beautiful, creative and inspiring work everyone!

Pilareta wrote:Michelle, you're our computer angel!

and I don't even know THAT much about computers!

thx again michelle. no idea y i can post a pic but can post a slide show. damn computers grrrr

REALLY NICE JOB, Anita.