My new painting, "Visionary", is another experiment in mixed-media. The painting is 16" x 12" and is done over another discarded painting from the "archives!"
I first tore text areas from a magazine and collaged them over the old painting which was done on 140 lb. cold-pressed Arches watercolor paper. I stamped and painted textures on white tissue paper with white Gesso. I used rubber shelf paper for the stamping, and the rest of the designs were hand painted. I then tore shapes from the tissue paper and collaged those on top of the magazine text. I did this at random - paying no attention to where the various textures were going to be in the final composition. I used matte acrylic medium as my collage medium.
When this dried, I drew the image on top of the collage with an HB pencil and painted the image in transparent watercolor. I added a few areas of white to the beard with block-out white to finish. I did not use colored pencil on this as I did on the first. I love the way the stamped and collage images show through the watercolor.
4 comments:
Another super strong portrait piece, Barb. I do not know how you do it but then you are an artist extraordinaire. I love this!
Excellent portrait! This certainly is a "trash to treasure" story.
Wonderful! I love this that you are doing!
This is very cool! Wow! I love the look of the collage, but it's really hard to achieve, isn't it? I haven't ventured there yet, myself, but I really love seeing others turn out such amazing, exciting, creative pieces. This is exquisite!
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