Here she is

Please say hello to Maya. She is a 18 inch sculpt with full arms and legs by Jessica Schenk. This will be my first doll kit to reborn. I will keep you posted on her progress with pictures of all her ups and downs.

Signing out for now. Please take care of one another because thats all we really have :).

Oven thermometer

This is the thermometer that I will be using. I threw out the packaging before I thought about blogging about it. I only know that it is a Taylor. I did have some drama with it. Because I have old eyes I hung it on the upper rack close to the door so that I could see it with the door closed. The temp went over the 260-265 F. that I needed. So I moved it back and it took about 20 to 30 minutes before I got there. I will retest a few more times before I actually cure the paint on my first doll kit. I am still a little nervous about this step. Oh well MAY THE FORCE BE WITH ME. The oven that I will be using is a regular cooking oven that will be used for doll making only.

Color Mixing Recipes For Portraits

Note: When using this book you will need to translate the paint names that are in the book to the Genesis Paints names (example- Viridian Green is Phthalo Green 02). I do have a list of all the names or you can get them here. Try-it Yourself - On-Line - One Week Free Trial! www.gotcs.net

The journey begins

Hello,

My name is Martinique. My love for dolls have been forever and on going. I have never created a reborn doll before so here you will get to see the good the bad and the ugly.

I am not just jumping into this hobby because it is a very expensive art form and not to be taken lightly. I have done many months of research, purchased books, downloaded and reviewed many free on line tutorials ( a special thanks to all of you for being so giving of your art).

All of my paints, doll kits and any supplies that had to be purchased on line where all on sale and the rest of my supplies where all purchased at my local stores. I tried to keep the start up cost as minimal as possible.

Because I am a great seamstress I will making all my doll bodies or slips. Not sure what they are called. ( another $20.00 to $30.00 saved)

I wanted to create all ethnic skin tones so after I did a extensive online search for painting skin tones I came across this book (if it's in the world u can find it online :) ) Color Mixing Recipes for Portraits. This book is unbelieveable it has everything that you need for mixing skin tones and much more. I purchased this book from Amazon used for $5.00 s/h $3.33 great deal.