I FINALLY completed the first mixed-media portrait from an on-line class that I signed up for. This one may go in my 3-ring journal or I may actually frame it. Which do you like better, the red just behind the portrait with the white outer mat, or the white behind the portrait with the red outer mat? As usual, the color is more vibrant in real life than in the photo and the red is actually the same red in both pictures, but you'll get the idea.
I wasn't expecting the "blood" effect when I did the drippy step towards the end. It completely changed what I originally had in mind and reminded me of the part in "Queen of the South" where they talk about the drug lords prostituting Russian immigrant farm workers in Spain. Anyway, the whole idea of dressing up pretty and then having violence done to you made my husband think of the title "We Weren't Expecting This."
