That sort of sums up how I feel about this whole endeavor. I painted on paper, fabric, and a little bit on the canvas. Afterwards I layered all the various pieces I created along with stamps and some more paint to come up with this final assemblage.
I did paint today and yesterday but the paint is still drying so I don't have a picture to post yet for the challenge. What I do have are pictures of my extremely satisfying experiment in deconstruction. I originally painted those 16 watercolors so that I would have something to collage with for 4 more shrines I am working on. I like working in series of 4 cause its lends itself to so many themes: the directions, the elements, the seasons, and so on.
The four shrines that inspired the watercolors.
I want to layer circles onto the shrines to build them up. I don't know if I will add in figures or leave them pretty abstract. I will have to see what happens with the circles. To make all the circles I splurged and bought new punches. I am SO happy with them!
I punched lots and lots and lots of circles in the three sizes of punch I bought. It was so satisfying to look at the watercolors from a new perspective, punching out tiny vignettes from within the larger painting. It was also deliciously fun to punch out the shapes. The punches are really powerful, so even though it was cutting through relatively thick paper it made clean shapes. And they flew across the room from the force of it, which was delightful.
In the end I not only had plenty of circles to collage with but I also transformed the watercolors into something new and extremely interesting. I'm super excited with the result. They have a really pleasing sense of randomness that I couldn't have achieved if my eye was trying to create it. I've included a slideshow of the best ones. Let me know what you think of my deconstructed watercolor paintings in the comments.
How often do you just get together with some girlfriends, watch a silly movie in your pj's, and make some art? For me not often enough. I was having a rough time my senior year at CU (University of Colorado), and so I needed a break from the essays. I invited some pals over and we got creative!
This was my creation from the evening. I believe the movie playing during this artistic process was Rango. My favorite part of the collage is the top left corner. I tore every word apart so I could make them curve, which I have never tried before. I really like the effect it had on the rest of the collage. And I like the message.
A good reminder for my present state in the world. I think I will arrange a slumber party for me a my lady friends to relax with some silly movies and yummy art supplies.
I love creating collages out of magazine images. I went through a phase in college when I made a bunch of collages on poster boards. A while later I received a disposable camera with "fortunes" on the roll. After the roll was developed the fortunes appeared at the bottom of the images.
This is what the camera looked like. I bought the camera at Urban Outfitters, I believe. It seems this version is no longer available, but they have other disposable cameras that add flavor to your photography.
Many of collages were created with some sort of intention in mind. I loved the idea of taking pictures of these collages with my fancy fortune camera, and seeing which fortunes paired up with which images. I wanted random chance to bring more meaning to what I had already created.
Most of the images didn't come out very well. Disposable cameras are pretty hit or miss because you can't always see what you are taking a picture of well and the flash is terrible and so on. However this one image really captured the essence of the experiment.
At the end I piled all the collages into one pile. I love how the light from the window falls solely on the smaller collage in the middle. The caption is also fantastic "Its time for you to explore new interests." Time to stop seeking new meaning in old stories and branch into something fresh.