The theme that I worked on for this months art group meeting was "distressed or vintage birds"...right up my alley. There's one thing you learn well by painting opera...and that's to make things look old! You buy a new wooden bathroom towel ring, slather on some "goop", and paint until you achieve "Rusted 1800's Dungeon Ring"! And so it goes...
Here are the two sides to the page I finished...
On the front, I distressed watercolor paper by using gel medium to attach some text, and then promptly pulled it off. It left some texture on the top, and then naturally distressed the page of text which I collaged onto the bottom. I found a robin illustration out of an old encyclopedia and added plant life which I stitched and painted. Afterwards, I aged the edges and added some pieces of dress pattern paper to areas I thought needed it.
On the back, I went with something a little simpler by using some fabric that I'd rusted as a base for hand sewing on another piece of fabric that I had painted with a feather. Overall, a very fun and satisfying piece to work on!
On the front, I distressed watercolor paper by using gel medium to attach some text, and then promptly pulled it off. It left some texture on the top, and then naturally distressed the page of text which I collaged onto the bottom. I found a robin illustration out of an old encyclopedia and added plant life which I stitched and painted. Afterwards, I aged the edges and added some pieces of dress pattern paper to areas I thought needed it.
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