Dia da los Muertos

This year's Fall Brewery ArtWalk is on November 1&2. I am taking full advantage and doing lots of fun skull art.

6x6 panel with a rough sketch of my skull. you can see some of my color palate off to the side.


Flowers play a big role in Day of the Dead festivities and most skulls have flowers for eyes.

This is step one of many to create the flowers. I chose a hydrangea flower.


The classic "Skinner Blend", a perfect transition from hot pink to purple.


Next up is a sparkled blue. In the background you can see clay in various states.


The beginnings of a flower.


It is really hard to picture what you'll end up with, but you just have to have faith and picture things in a different dimension.






And finally, petals! Sorry for the crappy quality image.


Almost a flower.


Eyes and the early dental work.


Say cheese


I'm don't totally love the nose, but sometimes living with it is better than debating.


Finished? I'm still on the fence about doing my traditional swirly sparkled clay in black in the white areas, or I'll just paint it white. I'll probably try the clay and see if it is too much.

I like the way it turned out. It has lots of texture and is really sparkly, I do love the glitter.


Sugar skulls made out of clay.


Resin bottle cap sugar skulls. Some are magnets and some are pins.


my drawings for the bottle cap pins and magnets




And the Obama logo! Thanks to A Patchwork World for the DIY on the resin bottle caps! I want to encase everything in resin! I also did some YES WE CAN.

I love that Obama has all his logos and catch phrases on the site in high res. Make some Obama art of your own! I plan to make funky Obama shirts to wear both days of ArtWalk. Fun Fun Fun!