Self-Portrait and a Verse

The prompt last week for 

The Documented Life Project~ The Journal

was a self-portrait.  The guest artist was

Pam Carriker, who did a painting with

graphite, white and black paint. 

 I decided to try the monochromatic

technique she demonstrated.  I think

it does resemble me, but people tell

me they think of me as usually smiling.

  However,  it is difficult to maintain

 a smile while you're painting yourself, 

so that's why the serious expression. 

Would you recognize me in a dark alley?

I do recommend practicing self-portraits...

you can work from a photo or a mirror

(as I did) and it really doesn't matter if

the drawing ends up looking like you.

Getting practice drawing faces is

the main idea, and you are always

available to model!

I came across a beautiful image

of an antique sampler on Pinterest,

and decided to write down the

verse in one of my journals, along

with some of the motifs on the sampler.

I'm afraid life as a 'lady' in 1727 was

very restricted. I am not quite sure what

the phrase "modes of France" means,

other than British and American 

conservative Christian homes thought 

of French society as the height of

decadence and indulgence...?

I love the old angels on samplers 

and graveyard stones,

but I did 'pretty her up' a bit...

Linking up with T Tuesday

over at Altered Book Lover...

sipping my coffee and recycling

an image of a tea cup for my

beverage this morning.