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Today on the Altered Pages Blog Linda Chaves shares some of her AMAZING ART!!!     If you missed the post yesterday read Linda's bio HERE !      Sunset over the Western Ghats, India   This was done on A4 Yupo paper, using Indian ink and fluid acrylics with a lot of texture work and a little collage. The script is in Malayalam, the language of Kerala, which I am trying to learn as I spend a month there every year. This was a spectacular sunset, the light turning from bright gold to lilac and purple, forming deep shadows over the tea plantation. Writing done with a metal tipped bottle and white acrylic ink. Wisdom Canvas, 40 x 30 cm using acrylics, fluid acrylics, charcoal, Pitt pen and oil pastel. There is quite a lot of collage in the initial layers, which I then worked over with colour and more texture. Inspired by the many Hindu festivals I have attended in Kerala, where the elephants are the stars!   ...

At Altered Pages we are truly honored to have Linda Chaves with us as a guest... We hope you will join us in welcoming her!   Self Portrait - Remembering Roy I took this from a photograph, and drew a minimal outline on the 20 x 30 cm paper using a grid transfer system. Using acrylic inks with a cloth, I blocked in the main colours and features over several layers. I added a little collage from my hand made papers. I then added mostly fluid acrylics for the detailed finish, using small brushes where needed, and a white Gelly Roll pen. Linda Chaves ~ Story I was born in London and grew up in the suburbs – ambling my way through the sixties hippy years and the ups and downs of life through the next few decades. I think of myself as being lucky enough, not only to have discovered that I have two true vocations, but even luckier that I have been able to follow both of these destinies at the right time in life. From the moment I walked into a Primary School classr...