Challenge Days 2 and 3

I guess I decided to keep with the Art Challenge for a couple more days at least. The second prompt was Historical Figure so I dressed up my fairy in a Bob Ross costume. I used Laura Tegg's trousers pattern but had to heavily modify the dress bodice to come up with the shirt. For the wig and beard, I read a technique from a Ragdoll Hagrid pattern...but not super closely, and then used the stitch counts from the Little Weebee wig but ultimately had to make up my own way of getting it all to work. It turns out Laura Tegg sells a curly wig pattern and I wonder if it's the same. Anyway, I watched a youtube video on making a beard that can attach to any hat but when they said "any" they really meant only human sizes so I had to make that up too.

The palette was kind of fun, I found a picture of Bob Ross' custom designed palette and traced it on paper. Then I used that to cut out the shape from an empty lunch meat container. The paintbrush is just a regular clean brush that I stabbed through the fairy's arm. Not all the pictures were from the correct angle...

Today's prompt was Spring. I had wanted to make matching dresses for both the first fairy and her new friend, but I had a hard time getting my vision to come into reality. That sounds so dramatic. Anyway. This is Laura Tegg's Spring Time Dress. 

I think this fairy's name is April. For many reasons. This is an art challenge in April. The challenge is from our parks and rec department and there's a character on the Parks and Recreation show named April. I think yellow is more April-y than purple. Still haven't named the first fairy. I had wanted her braid to be long enough to wrap around her head, but I did a bad job of measuring, so it was too short then I trimmed it even shorter. 

I was pretty excited to be able to find a little bit of ice left from last night's storm to be able to include in the photo. My big plan for tomorrow's prompt involves the creek though so hopefully it's warm enough to get my feet muddy.