I took another old watercolor today and used the same process as yesterday - watercolor plus collaged tissue paper plus acrylic ink line! I wanted to see if it would work on a different subject - so here is a floral in the same process! This painting is 15" X 11" and is painted on 140 lb. Arches cold-pressed watercolor paper.
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It's really extraordinary what you're doing with the tissue paper! Both of these paintings are amazing. I'll be looking back to see more!
What a gorgeous iris! The reason I asked, Barb, is because when I've tried using decoupage medium (Mod Podge) on tissue paper, it can tend to crinkle up. Maybe it is just me being too heavy handed though. Probable.
I really love the results! Barb, did you go over existing lines in the original painting> Did you also cover the entire painting with the tissue?
You are so creative!
FIRST QUESTION. WHAT IS MIXED MEDIUM?
2ND, I LOVE THE COLORS ETC.
GRANNY
Thanks, Katherine! I am posting another this evening. I have an abundance of paintings in my "archives!" (my throw-aways which I couldn't bring myself to throw-away!
Sherry - I don't know much about Mod-podge - I have been using matte acrylic medium and have purposely tried to crinkle up the tissue paper so I would have a texture with it - if you enlarge the pictures you will see the textural effect. I like the texture.
Thanks,Christiane - yes, I covered the entire painting with the white tissue paper crumpled to create texture, but also covered with the medium so there are wrinkles, but the wrinkles are flat. I went over the original painting images with the pen lines, but was selective and didn't put in every line I could see or imagine.
Hi Granny - mixed media means that more than one medium was used in the painting. A simple watercolor would be using just watercolor to create the painting- if you introduce other media like the tissue paper and the ink line, then it becomes "mixed media" with more than one medium. A medium is what type of art supply is used - like crayon, or pastel, or oil paint, etc.
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