The Workshop
The best part about painting these dolls, is seeing them come to life & seeing them each develop their own little personalities. Each doll set starts as a blank wooden doll... I usually start by doing a rough sketch of the design in pencil on the dolls, then I start to fill in the solid colour areas and position the face & hair.
The next stage is working on the detail - using the smallest brush I can find (2 hairs!) I carefully paint each line, each shape and each motif. Finishing details and touches (like the eyes and mouth) are done with a pen.
Take a peek below to see some work in progress piccies of new and not-so-new dolls :) xx
Work in progress: 3 new sets...
Work in progress: close up of the new 'Lena' set
Work in progress: 3 new sets with their first varnish
Work in progress: The very beginnings of Oleysha!
Work in progress: Nikkita just before detail
Work in progress: Keyring
Work in progress: Oleysha after first coat of varnish
Work in progress: Oleysha
Work in progress: My temporary workstation :)
Work in progress: Oleysha