Thursday, November 23, 2006
A fun new project
I'm so inspired!!! I recently purchased Sally Jean Alexanders' book "Pretty Little Things". OMG....this book is amazing!!!! Aside from the beautiful jewelry, she also touches on how to do a bit of this type of collage, it's random (well it's supposed to be...but I can't help being structured.) She has sparked a flame in me that I can't stop. I've been wanting to play more with mixed media and now I've found THE base to start with the help of Sally. A few years back I was into all sorts of media, but never found exactly what I wanted to do. Besides doing more collage pieces, I will be digging out my soldering iron and microscope slides, becuase I can't wait to get back into jewelry making....so yummy!
For a collage, what Sally tells you to do is: make small slips of paper that say things like paint, paper, draw, 3-D, pattern, etc. You put these slips in a bowl and pick one, and you do it. If you're not ready for that step, put the slip back and choose another.
My attempt above is just a sample of my beginning, just baby steps in comparison. First I gathered some paint (acrylic) colors that I wanted to work with, and painted on watercolor paper. What I learned from the book was to not clean my brush between colors, which I had always done before, this prevented me from getting a flow of colors {very important}. Next I added some torn papers and used a decoupage glue to affix them to the painted paper. The heart design is one that I've used before (my own design, which I traced onto black script paper and affixed to the collage. I then stamped my homemade stamp with white paint and script with black Staz-On.
I'm not nearly done, but wanted to show you now so you can see some of the depth. I'll continue to keep you posted. This is too much fun!!!
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4 comments :
That is beautiful, Shari! Love the different elements, and of course your painted page. Great tip on not cleaning brushes in between colors. :) Thanks for sharing her tip!
What a beautiful card!!! lovely colors!!!
Love this Shari, the colors are so soothing yet this is no sleepy design!
Can't wait to see where this new creativity takes you!
I love the collage. I didn't realize that Layers was your book. I love that book!
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