I’m trying to be better about keeping notes as I go along. (Click the thumbnails forf ull size images.) 2 Gothic Arches pieces that are on my table at the moment. Poetry-Toads. The background is made up of pattern tissue and a facsimile of the first page of an old edition of Pride and Prejudice. …
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Work-In-Progress (26.nov.07)
Still working on the flowers gothic arch. It now has birds on it. I have a picture of my great grandmother that I think will go in the center. I have a new gothic arch started. The background is torn papers coated with a wash of gel medium to get it all stuck down. I …
Work-in-Progress (10.dec.07)
Been busy getting the house sorted. But I managed a couple of hours here and there last week. This is the result. Three of the backgrounds for the house of mythical creatures. You’ll notice that none of the red and orange painted paper that I first put on the card stock cut-outs can been seen. …
Work-in-Progress (19.dec.07)
Much progress has been made on the House of Mythical Creatures. None of which is visible in the photo. I’m thinking that I need to build some sort of press for holding the panels flat while they dry. Also I noticed after how many weeks? (5, I think) that there is a typo in one of …
Is This Really How You Make Art?
Collaged paper can get rather thick and lumpy. Getting the panels stuck down to the mat board took some doing. So the House of Mythical Creatures panels are now mounted on mat board and the backers are made and mounted. It’s all sitting in the press getting flat. Tomorrow I’ll finish up the hinges and title …
Family Photographs — It’s All Grist for the Mill
I’ve been collecting up the old photo albums and sorting the pictures. There are a number that I’d like to use in the collages. But of course I don’t want to glue up my only copy of great-grandmother’s portrait so… It’s time to get scanning. I’ll leave the hassles of getting an elderly scanner to …
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W.I.P. fishy-fishy flag book
Playing catch-up while away from home. First up, a book that is slowly taking shape. It combines a format (flag book), a material (watercolor washes) and a bit of doggerel that wriggled into my head (and sketchbook) a couple of years ago. The format is the flag book binding. I made a goofy test version using a …
New Techniques
I’ve got a shiny new copy of Photoshop CS3 and have been experimenting. In Photoshop Creative Collection v3 (no link available) there’s a technique that mimics pen and ink. Something that is similar to some watercolor and ink work that I did a couple of years ago. I did the tutorial and got this effect. Which …
One Finished and One Not-So-Much
Work on the balloon seller picture is complete. You can see a full-size digital version here. (no small version today — can’t get it to resize correctly — maybe tomorrow) The image in the gallery is a digital version that I made for Jim to use on his desktop. It mimics the effect of being printed on Arches 140 …
WIP — The Loop Road Project (pop-ups)
Our recent vacation gave Jim the chance to take a lot of pictures of motorcycles and riders on the proverbial “closed course.” Some of them are in fact “professional riders.” I now have tons of uncluttered photos to work with. Hence the creation of a new series of work, this time in engineered paper. First …