Time for another artdoll update!

Here is the next sculpted art doll that will be up in my ETSY shop tonight! She is the first of a new smaller size I am currently working in. This one of a kind art doll is approx.12.5 inches tall including her white wooden base. She is hand sculpted in paper clay over wire armature and has a cloth body.

I made her a red head and covered her with the cutest freckles and soft blue eyes.
This little darling gave me the impression she wanted to feel like a princess so I gave her a crown of roses and I designed her dress in fine soft pink chiffon layers with sleeves that mimic flower petals and a rounded collar decorated with the tiniest pink pearls and a black satin neck tie. Her stockings are floral and she wears black ballet slippers. The dress was inspired by a few beautiful dresses I saw in the Spring 2017 runway shows;)

This is a one of a kind art doll and her outfit is not removable.

Please visit my etsy shop on the right sidebar for more artwork.

Thank you so much for visiting my site!
Rosanna

Fairy Bust Class Starts July 21!

Hi Everyone! We are having a Christmas in July Event at AforArtistic so please join us for a fun time learning to make ART DOLLS!!
My online Fairy Bust class starts JULY 21st!! This is a great class for beginners and experienced alike and I am there to answer any questions you may have.
Sculpting A Fairy Bust with Rosanna Pereyra, Doll Artist

Start Date: July 21, 2016

Class: Sculpting A Fairy Bust

Instructor: Rosanna Pereyra, Doll Artist

Cost: $45 for 4 lessons

All Skill Levels

Description:

In this magical class you will learn to sculpt a fairy bust using paper clay (air dry clay), paint the face and create the wings. This is a 4 lesson class that will take you step–by–step to make your very own Fairy Bust. Click here to go to AforArtistic.com

The supply list will be available prior to the class starting. I hope to see you all there!  Rosanna

New Project!

Hi everyone, a big WELCOME and THANK YOU to all of my new students for joining me for the next 3 weeks in our Flapper class! Well, summer is almost here and I have started work on a small new project. This one will be geared towards the little ones but I hope adults will love it too! I am working on some scenes or vignettes for the new project and will be sharing some of the process photos as I go along.
I love paper mache and especially mushrooms so this was a fun way to get to work on both at once.
These are just very basic hand made foil, wire and paper tape mushrooms then painted in acrylic colors. I am making the grass from decorative materials I found and some of the flowers will be paper crepe. So here is the start of it all.

Tons to go before I can get it the way I want it but its a start. Well, I hope you all have a great weekend, have some fun and create something that will make you or someone else smile!!

Hugs,
Rosanna

Completed!!Dia de los Muertos and Marionette Challenge!

Here they are ready for the show!

This one of a kind little puppet master is 7.75 inches tall from the bottom of her boots to the top of her handmade lace head piece that is covered in flowers, pom poms and crystals.

Her hair is fine english viscose.

The paper theater is made in an old fashioned style with 3D paper panels and is 4.5 inches tall.

It has been laser printed onto heavy card stock and shaded with acrylic washes.

The skelly doll is strung with red thread and can be moved.

The paper mask is also laser printed onto heavy card stock and decorated with paper flowers and silk ribbon.

She will be listed on etsy this Sunday.

Have a wonderful weekend!!

Rosanna

SMALL STUFF 4 coming soon!!

Heres a first look at what I made for the upcoming

Small Stuff 4 show and some of the process pics.

Its a mixed media illustration of my girls in a Nouveau inspired style. I made the circular background in photoshop and then colored it in ink and prismacolor pencils. The girls are made of cardstock as well as the hair that has been cut out, colored and shaded with prismacolor pencils. The whole piece was sprayed to seal the colored pencil. Then it is all glued onto an ivory mat on an 8x8 frame with a glass front.

All work comes with certificate of authenticity.

I was really getting into the holiday spirit as I made these and to my delight they ended up looking like angels.

I hope everyone is getting in the mood for Thanksgiving, I know I am!!

I love this time of year. I hope you all have a great week!

Best wishes,

Rosanna

Hi again! I hope everyone is doing great, I was working on the kids back to school shopping when a friend asked me some background info on the works I just did for Peculiar Playmates and I realized I didn't add any info and so I would like to apologize for that.I get caught up in the process and then the pictures and forget that you can't read my mind.

This is a long post but here it goes...

The girls I make are in that moment in time when we are still innocent but are aware of the dangers of life. They still want to believe in fairytales, true love and happy endings. They see the reality of everything around them a little bit different than others do. They are always thinking and dreaming.

They believe in "magic" or the supernatural, they have a sense of humor, a moral compass, but they are still learning and falter at times!

Often alone because they are this way, they choose to care for things that maybe others wouldn't value.

Nina sees a life growing inside of the egg, it is the symbol for the universe and creation, she knows what she holds in her hands is precious, so she treats it that way. Her little hat represents a halo for her good intentions, and her blue dress represents the heavens, she is bare foot because she wants to be well grounded and connected to the earth.

Veronica has a dilemma, a common one, she has grown to care for her little snails but her curiosity for the "fruits of knowledge" is quite strong. She has a book for cooking escargot(sorry I didn't photograph it well, but she has it) and as a student of life she wonders if its worth it. Could she bring herself to sacrifice one of them in her quest for knowledge and experience. (snails represent eternity and labyrinths her laced up green ribbons are doubt)

Lila is the one with the cephalopod on her head (they represent cleverness). She wears the colors of innocence and appears to be playing a child's game of tea party, but by the style of the clothing you can see that she is changing, no longer a child. She is eager to know what comes next and is reading her tea leaves as well as Cely's to maybe catch a glimpse of what the future holds.

Maggie is the archetypal nurturing good mother and sacrificing soul. She is all in white representing purity, and silk for strength, her pink sash is her "cord" connecting her to this world. She holds her delicate babies on a silk string so she can carry and protect them until they are ready to enter this world. She stands very still and allows them to practice walking on her and spreading their wings until they are ready for flight. She wears a fur shawl to cover them from the harsh weather and hide them from danger. Her silk dress spun from the cocoons that they have discarded and left behind to remind them that she is a part of them and they can always come home. She treasures them

Agatha and Buzzy are what they are, creepy cute and funny!!

Agatha is that little mischievous child, that wants what she wants, when she wants it is NOW!!!

Buzzy was once a feared,scavenger and hunter, but she has been worn down by this child to the point that she allows herself to be dressed up in ribbons and bows and taken on walks on a tiny string leash which she could easily rip apart with her beak, but ughh, why bother!!

Buzzy's feathers represent TRUTH, truth is, I know at certain times in my life i have been each of these characters, Maybe you have been too??

hope you enjoyed the insight!!

-Rosanna

BTW-Here's an article on NBC Miami featuring a picture of a little pixie I made named

Rosemary Jane!