The sixth Mixed Media Mythology lesson was taken by Corinna Maggy. The subject was the Hindu goddess Lakshmi. It was interesting to learn more about her and the symbols associated with her since I only have passing knowledge of the Hindu gods.
Once again, I drifted from what was shown in the exemplar. Maggy’s piece was very intuitive and layered and focused on the symbols connected to Lakshmi. I embarked on the piece intending to do the same but I felt compelled to incorporate a face. Perhaps it is because all of my other pieces for this course have included a face or perhaps it is just because I generally like to draw people. I decided to go with my instinct, however, so I drew a face on top of the layers I had already created. I used a process similar to the one I used for my last Life Book lesson. I finished off with collaging on some lotus flowers, petals constructed out of gelli prints, and adding some gold dots.
A Pict in PA 
She is like floating on top of the background. I love it. I also love the shape of her eyes and did you intend to put on different eye color on her? because it suits her face so well.
The different eye colours are a consequence of the background showing through. My first instinct was to paint over the irises to make them uniform and normal human colour but then I thought it might just work staying that way. The background layer is acrylic so I used Neocolor II for the face so that the background still showed through.
That is good to know Laura. Thank you for sharing. I’m glad that you did not paint over her irises and left the colors as is.
I’m just starting to be able to listen to my gut rather than let my head always lead me. It’s when the two things fight it out in my art that things really collapse into ugliness.
I happy that you are slowly learning to let go and let your art lead the way.
It’s a gradual process, that’s for sure.
I love that her eyes are different colors too. Her face is just glowing and I love all the vibrant colors!
Thank you very much. Working this way was quite different for me so I’m glad I pulled it off.
I really like how the collaged paper is showing through. It makes the piece that much more interesting. That’s one thing I need to work on. Love how bright this came out!
Thank you, Carmen. I like the transparency and the bright colours too.