2014 Note: I had quite a few pictures of the process I used to create this collage, and lost them all. I'm keeping all the notes here, even though there's no step-by-step. :)
Here's a project I did for the
playroom. It's based on the technique by
Kelly Rae Roberts in "Patch it Together" from the November/December 2007 issue of
Cloth Paper Scissors.
I started with three inexpensive 8x8
Blick canvases with the gallery profile.
For the collage I used found papers like bits of junk mail, a drawing by B, graph paper, a page out of an old atlas, and a page out of a Japanese dictionary.
For the paint colors I used Golden Fluid Acrylics in Cobalt Teal and Green Gold, both mixed with a little Titan Buff. I added a few Cadmium Red Medium circles made with the rim of a cup.
Instead of drawing a figure like Kelly does in her article, I printed out the word "fun", sizing to fit the canvases. I then traced over the letters onto the canvases using carbon paper.
I traced over the outlined letters a couple of times with Prismacolors.
Then I filled the letters in with Cobalt Teal, painted the sides of the canvases Cadmium Red Medium and added a couple more cup circles in Cadmium Yellow Medium. I sanded the edges a bit and sealed everything with another coat of medium.
It was definitely a F-U-N project for me...
6 comments:
WOW, Jess! I love it! It looks great.
Those are great!
That is Gorgeous! Wow. I would love to try something like that.
Great Blog! ♥
Oh! I just love these!
These are great, definately looks worth a go!
what a great project. i bet they look great in your room.
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