playing with paper

Friday, June 14, 2013

Collage Lab 6: Organics

 
sand, rosemary, poppy seeds

feather, eggshell, raffia

Unit 2 Texture
Lab 6 Organics
15 May 2013

"Food for Thought" Notes:
  • I prefer larger items (feathers, raffia, eggshell.) Grains/sand too messy for my tastes; easier to use ready-made sandpaper for similar texture
  • Other ideas: flowers, leaves, tree bark, twigs, tiny pebbles 
  • Gesso helped hold things together, didn't take away too much texture
  • Substituting matte medium for gesso allows item's natural color through, could be distracting if intended strictly as background, may depend on color of organic item

2 comments:

  1. right now are you just using acrylic? I always wonder about sprays and how to make.

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    1. These are all painted with acrylic craft paint, using either a soft bristle brush or sponge brush. You can water down down gesso, acrylics, and inks to put them in a mister and apply as a spray. Don't expect aerosol spray paint coverage, but more of speckled, spattered effect.

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