Sleep, Sleep Canine Collage - Page 3
by Jessica Rich
Tempted
as I was to stop here, I forged on.
Just a couple more layers and I could be proud of my efforts
to overcome my fear of “too much”.
I replicated the graphic dots in Lydia’s art with
a little bubble printing, something I haven’t attempted before.
As a side note, as I am pushing the envelope of
“less is more”, Barbara is in her office, suggesting more and more
ways to add color and texture.
“You could use some
venise lace and stamp images on the paper with
paints, or you could paint the venise lace and glue it down.
Ooh, you could take some Dye-Na-Flow and…”
I tuned her out at this point.
I had to. She
was freaking me out. That was way too many layers...Baby
steps, please.
Anyway, back to bubble printing (also Barb’s
idea), I applied some paints (usually 2 colors) to the surfaces of
about a dozen bubbles on small bubble wrap.
A gentle press onto the canvas, and voila!
I did get a little out of control here, and subsequently made
a boo-boo. The upper
right area of the board, where the woven bark paper is, got a little
jumbled. I think its
because the holes in the bark paper are so close in size to the
bubbles. Too many
layers. Too much, too
much. Note to self:
Next time, don’t bubble print over something so visually close in
size.
Next I went through and painted in veins on the
leaves, whiskers on Murphy and some feather lines on the two birds.
I am a bit impatient, so even though I should have waited
until the veins were really dry, I didn’t and went over them in
black pen. I then added
in the final layer: I lettered in all of the places with the text
that says “one sheep, two sheep, three sheep…”
When you add this in, be careful not to smudge other
lettering, as I did.
I’m happy to have poked my toes in the deep end of
the pool. It was scary,
but next time, it will be even easier to get wet, maybe even up to
my waist. Maybe I’ll
try that thing with the Dye-Na-Flow that Barb was talking about.
Baby steps.
I'd love to hear what you think. You can
email me at: jessica@joggles.com.
Materials:
•
Cloth, Paper Scissors, Issue 20
•
8” x 10” Canvas Board
• Assorted Acrylic Paints (Lumiere
and
Adirondack Paint Dabbers)
•
Paint Brushes (one large, for the base layer of paint, one thin
for the vines, leaves, veining and whiskers)
• Assorted pictures, scraps of
paper and ephemera
•
Yes! Glue
•
Bark Paper (flat and woven)
• Bubble Wrap
•
Micron Pen
•
Scissors and
X-Acto Knife
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