October 2013 ~ Country Crow

Oct 30, 2013

FLAKEY THE SNOWMAN - PRIMITIVE DOLL

11:24 AM Country Crow 2 comments

Meet Flakey the Snowman!

He is my new Christmas doll. I know it's still early for Christmas decor, but I can't wait for Christmas so I decided to make a Christmas doll :)

Photo Sunday - Beijing Trip

6:37 PM Country Crow 2 comments

Hi everyone!

I'm back from my trip to Beijing!

You probably wondering why my Photo Sunday post is on Thursday... Well, I won't be able to post this Sunday (will be gone to Moscow for 5 days), but I really want to share my pictures from Beijing. :)

The weather there was great the whole time! I really liked the city, it's clean and people are nice and all the direction signs are written in English so it's hard to get lost even if you don't speak Chinese (which I don't). The food and clothing is much cheaper than here in Russia. We've been to few interesting places like the Great Wall, Beijing Zoo, the Temple of Heaven, the main shopping Street - Wangfujing, and Tiananmen Square.

Here are some pictures from the trip:

Tiananmen Square

How to Paint Eyes - TUTORIAL

12:00 AM Country Crow 3 comments

Hi! I decided to write another post before I leave for vacation.

This is a small tutorial on how to paint doll's eyes.

Hopefully you'll find this useful :)

I drew couple little pictures to explain steps. But first - a list of materials that you'll need:

Acrylic paint set (It's better to use textile acrylic paint for this.) You can find all the supplies in any craft store (like Hobby Lobby).
Several paint brushes (Use couple very thin ones and a bigger one.)
Glass of water
Rubber gloves
Marking pen/ pencil
Palette (for mixing colors) - any plate will work

Put your rubber gloves on :)

1) Draw the eye shape with pen/pencil

2)Paint the white part

3) Paint the iris

4) Add black pupil

5) Paint lighter spots on the iris
6) Add upper and lower black eyelashes lines
7) Paint the upper eyelid
8) Add pale pink eye corners
9) Add dark shades under the upper eyelid
(Add lots of water to dilute paint. That makes it half-transparent.)
10) Add dark shades above and under the eye
(Again add lots of water to dilute paint and get half-transparent color.)
11) Paint couple white dots on the pupil to make light spots

Done!

Note: Don't be afraid to mix your colors. Use a plate as a palette for this. You can get lots of different new shades by mixing paints.

You can also add water to your colors to dilute them. That's how you get transparent colors for eye-shadows.

Lenore the Good Witch ❤ Ленора добрая ведьма

8:52 AM Country Crow 2 comments

Meet Lenore the Good Witch! She is the best friend of Charlotte the Forest Hare! Her house is inside of a large oak tree that grows on the edge of the forest. Charlotte collects herbs in the meadow and brings them to Lenore for her good magic. :)