More painting and collages
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I have been having so much fun making art these last few days. Those artists really know what they are on about. It does make your heart sing to create a little something on canvas. I have been doing more of the easy acrylic background technique that is profiled at Try It Tuesdays.
Colours used here were yellow then orange - straight, not a wash. This pic shows how the canvas looked towards the beginning of the process, before I added the brown paint, water and wiped it off a little (full instructions here).
And here is that same canvas after I completed the next steps, which are to wipe a wash of colour (I used brown) over the whole canvas, spritz with water, wait a few minutes then wiped most of the brown off - this step is the “magic” that creates a beautiful mix of colour and texture. As it happened, the layers of paint weren’t entirely dry so I probably took off a little too much in some areas but it still worked out fine. I also used gesso to stamp here and there over the top of it all:
I wasn’t sure about the gesso (white) stamping so I had another go at wiping and smooshing with a tissue to tone the white down a little - again wiping too much off by mistake:
Next I collaged some paper elements and also glued some printed transparencies over the completed background to create my finished piece. I’m still not sure what to call it - suggestions taken:
If that’s not enough, I did another one! I think I could do many more in this style. In this one I used orange and then brown over the top, spritz with water and wipe off:
Then I collaged over the top again - I must admit it did seem a shame to cover up so much of that lovely background but hey, I can just do another one! Here is the finished collage:
Some great links to check out for inspiration and information:
Inkjet Transparency Film Transfers and The Art of Transfer (I have been trying this technique but I haven’t gotten it right so far) also see Transferring Family Photos
DJ Pettit Transformations - see the transfer techniques in some great artwork
Cobaltika - art and collage
The Altered Diva - Karyn Gartel, who so generously provided the technique tutorial for use by the Try It Tuesdays participants.
And of course, the Try It Tuesdays Flickr group which is filling up with some amazing and inspiring work. Try It Today!
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burnt orange bg on Flickr - Photo Sharing! Said,
Saturday, May 20, 2006 @ 2:34 am
[...] burnt orange bg To take full advantage of Flickr, you should use a JavaScript-enabled browser andinstall the latest version of the Macromedia Flash Player. _decorate(_ge(’photo_notes’), _ge(’photoImgDiv149277154′), 149277154, ‘http://static.flickr.com/44/149277154_5616835682_t.jpg’, ‘1.5′); Background made for the Try It Tuesdays group, using the easy acrylic background technique. Colours used were light orange then brown. I changed the technique a little - I used acrylic paint straight from the tube rather than water it down to a wash and I skipped the gesso and stamping steps. More detail about this here: http://www.jenleheny.com/archives/202 [...]
Louise Spell Said,
Saturday, May 20, 2006 @ 10:01 pm
your work is very interesting.