All About Texture

Before...

Kitty cat

Here is a collage I made using magazines with Citra Solv. It looks like my kitty!

Nevr-Dull Collage

I am currently working with some of my students on composition and they are finding it more challenging than I expected especially since we've been talking about composition all year. 

It's amazing what they do and don't retain. 

We are creating compositions using magazine pages and Nevr-Dull to matte and dull information that is not important and add texture. (It's actually a metal polisher, but dulls magazines!). 

Here's an example I made for them. I love the marks and texture it creates on the plane white paper!

Magazine Collage and Nevr-Dull, 10x6"

 

Surreal Collage

Can you identify what's original and what isn't? 

9x12" Magazine Collage

Random Collage

I've really enjoyed playing with techniques and resources at my disposal with no clear direction.

I let the art tell me what's next.

This one started with a wash of watercolor, acrylic stenciled on top, white paint pen circles, some colored pencil circles and then magazine images added last.

 Not sure if I love this one, but I like the movement I created with the collaged images.

What do you think?

3x3" Mixed Media

Collaged Beach Scene

My sister requested a beach piece for her house in Cali. 

She saw the mixed media love piece and wanted one of her own. 

She said "something beachy and with starfish."

So here's what I came up with! 

Step one: Stamp the word beach. 

Step two: watercolor the sand and water/sky

 Step three: Collage on starfish and boat

Step four: outline with black and add some dots, waves and a horizon line. 

Voila!

Collaged Flowers

Time for something a little more feminine!

FLOWERS!!

5x7" Collage

5x7 Collage

Collage Bicycles

Maybe you are athletic instead of a musician? 

Interested in bikes?

These will be for sale a the Etsy Denton show June 4th (as well as a few others). 

Let me know if you are interested in them before the show!

5x7" Collage

5x7" Collage

A Little Art & Art-Making

This weekend was full of art and art-making.

I visited a friend's booth at a local art show and am so grateful for all her wisdom. I consider 

Amy Taylor a mentor (is that what she is even if she's younger than me?!) and a friend who was very generous with her time and patience with me and all my questions.

She makes wonderful watercolors that are both abstract and realistic. 

Check out her stuff. You won't be disappointed!

For my own art-making, I made this wonderful little birdy! Ok. Two of them.

I made these with my Citra-Solv papers so no two are alike! 

They will be for sale at my Denton show June 4th, but if you are interested in purchasing them online or before the show, email me and I'll send you pictures of the other four for you to choose your favorite. 

5x7"  Matted Collage

5x7" Matted Collage

Was For Sale...

I have been feverishly making guitars for a potential show coming up. 

I sure am learning a lot about Stratocaster, Telecaster, and acoustic guitars! 

I won't find out if I'm accepted to the show until May 1st, but I'm working ahead so I'm not in such a panic last minute.

I was showing one of my librarians my last post of the guitar and she said she wanted to buy it for her son who is in a band. I brought her my small collection today and she bought her favorite guitar as a birthday present.

I am so blessed to have such wonderful support and encouragement from my friends and family! 

Thanks Karyn!

4x6" image in an 8x10" mat

Guitar Art

My husband turned another year older this week and on the card I made him, I collaged a guitar out of Citra-Solv paper. He loved it so much he asked me to make one for him to hang on his wall. 

I just wish National Geographic Magazine pages were bigger!

So here you go honey. Love you!

5x7" Mixed Media

Illustration Friday - Journey

Last week I was able to find some National Geographic magazines that worked with Citra-Solv! (Thank you Laurel for teaching me the Citra-Solv ways!)

I tried some older versions a while back, but nothing happened to the pages. This time I used 2008 and 2010 and they both worked really well! You definitely need to put a LOT of the Citra-Solv on it to make it bleed appropriately, but I didn't mind. It smells quite nice...if you like oranges. 

And I sure do love me some clementines!

Anywhoo...

On this page, I love how the ink merged together to create a wave effect. The Illustration Friday word of the week is Journey...It was a perfect page to use! I just cut out a little boat and sail (both out of different Citra-Solve pages) and added a little colored pencil to get the blue and green color and enhance the water.

The yellow on the right was already there.
I loved it because I was able to use a yellow boat and tie the colors together.

5x7" Mixed Media

I am quite happy with this little guy and I hope you enjoy it too!