Tag Archives: Collage

Painted tag swap

May 20, 2009 – 1:40 pm

After last week’s proof, here is the real deal—one of the tags that made it into the swap. I used a different technique for this one. Basically, I painted the background, then painted another sheet of watercolour paper in a single wash of two colours (to obtain this bluish cream hue). Once dry, I drew [...]

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Altered Book of Centuries

May 14, 2009 – 1:25 pm

Niccolo is just starting to understand the passing of time beyond his immediate experience. He now ‘gets’ that the Romans lived much earlier than his beloved knights, for example, and the Egyptians earlier still. To help him, I have decided to give him a Book of Centuries. The Book of Centuries is a learning tool [...]

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Collage in the making

May 12, 2009 – 1:24 pm

There’s a lot on my mind these days. I feel I am at crossroads with many opportunities in front of me, which is both scary and exciting. But it also means that, while I am weighing options, I am not spending as much time as I’d like making things. This is a collage in the [...]

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Doors and windows

May 11, 2009 – 1:46 pm

I find doors and windows incredibly inspirational. They are great collage elements suggestive of peeking into someone’s life, into their world. Until now, however, my image stash has been pretty limited. I have a couple of images from vintage postcards, but that’s it. Which is why I decided to set out on a door and [...]

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New background experiment

May 7, 2009 – 12:15 pm

These days, I am busy making backgrounds for a little secret present I am making for my husband’s birthday. This one is an experiment in distressed image transfer. I started out by gessoing watercolour paper on both sides, then painted one side with an Ivory White wash. After that I layered several washes in Sienna, [...]

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