Elizabeth I

It feels like just yesterday that I took Elizabeth I class from Christine Shively. So it is still not too late to post a picture of the doll.  I highly recommend taking a class from Christine. She is a wonderful teacher and has taught me a lot about costuming and face painting.  I have made four or five dolls after I took her class and I can see that her techniques come in very handy while costuming the dolls and I have used those techniques for very one of them. 

The costume is from Elizabethan era with the stomacher and the elaborate ballooning skirt and the huge sleeves. All the edges are beaded. She stands about 9 inches tall which seemed impossible to make before I took the class but now I am a changed person! with changed perspectives in life!!

I chose a darker fabric for the doll body so I could learn to paint a face on a darker fabric.  That was pretty brilliant of me because I did learn to paint a darker face. The color palette is very different for a darker fabric and the highlights are more dramatic.  Wish I had taken more pictures of her from different angles when I first took pictures. Because if I think of taking more pictures, I might take another year to publish this post. :-)

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