2015 is Here!

...And so is my first check in of the year.

I have still been struggling with sick, and holiday business, and work. I haven't completely neglected my creative endeavors though. 

I got my darning needles. LOL

I have started re-rooting one of my doll heads. I am working on giving her a nice full head of red hair. I can see that I need to work on finding a better technique, and have already tried a few. I don't know if her hair is going to turn out better than it was, but I am learning a lot about what I shouldn't do, and a little about what works for me.

I think a large part of what is going to work for me is going to depend on the type of hair I get. For this go-round, I just got what I could get at the local hobby store, but they didn't have much in the way of selection. That stuff seems to tangle  and kink up really easy.

I also have a new set of watercolor pencils, I just want to do faces, but I really need to get the hair set before I do the face-up. I am trying to be patient.

I also have a couple articulated bodies to use for the head when I am done with it. I have decided to wait on buying bodies online, until I can get good at remaking heads.

I am having fun, but really, I want to get back to sculpting my own from scratch. My hands are still pretty ravaged from the season, and from work. I doubt my recent bout of illnesses have helped either, but Spring is coming up pretty fast, and I know I'll be doing better then.