Inspiration for this is a series of hoodoo inspired bust and heads I have been painting lately.I have used mannequin heads, barbie heads, and random bust and heads that call to me at rummage sales and antique malls. For this one I primed her to make the surface paintable and then cut her hair and painted her. I even painted some of her hair but after that became a bit tedious I opted to wrap her hair with a red scarf.I then clear coated her with a poly acrylic.
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Kristy W.
Jul 18, 2008 5:37pm
This is awesome! I need a Barbie head now. I have two Virgin Mary statues that I am going to paint in Day of the Dead style, kind of like this.
Cat Morley
Jul 18, 2008 6:05pm
Woah that is cool, you did a really great job painting her!
opposites-girl
Jul 18, 2008 11:05pm
This is brilliant! The detail is great on her.
Lilim
Jul 19, 2008 4:32am
So pretty ^_^ I never thought of taking a scary barbie head and turn it into something so beautiful. What kind of primer did you use?
Mi.ezekatze
Jul 19, 2008 12:44pm
Omfg, this is simply amazing! I want that, too. ^^
skettio's
Jul 20, 2008 7:47pm
this makes me want to redo one of my wig heads