Like stained glass....

Just playing in Illustrator again.

Makes me think of rose windows and old

stained glass.

Detail of window panel in Chartres.

Tissue Collage on Plexiglass

REMEMBER THESE

acrylics on tissue?

I adhered them to an acrylic pane (16 x 20)

which was too scratched to put in a frame.

This is the finished panel.

I pasted them down with Liquitex Gloss Medium and Varnish.

A totally random choice in a loose grid.

I did cut one or two into 'leaf' forms to fill in some of the gaps.

The tissue crinkles but can be smoothed out. 

Air bubbles were pricked and flattened to the surface.

There's that one brush drawing (lower left) from a previous post.

I painted the reverse of the plexi' with satin black Rustoleum.

I'll post more about this as I work on top of the collage.

'SMART, TOO'

THIS

is the way people talk to their dogs.

Two pieces of random painted paper

make the simplest collage here.

Lettering in gouache with

acrylic for the dog, foliage and ball.

'FAMILY TREE'

'FAMILY TREE'

This collage has some nice textures of gouache

over acrylic.

Notice the sun becomes a design element; it is not the logical, brightest object.

'ASTRONOMER' (link)

'ASTRONOMER'

is stretched out under the night sky.

Collage of 4 painted papers

with acrylic, crayon and gold leaf.

Type-correction film for the white bits.

'TRANCE' (link)

(SOLD)

'TRANCE'

is a mixed-media-on-collage piece

made to show my affection for dogs

AND

to use up pretty,small pieces of painted paper

that fill my studio files

WHICH

also hold some really nice pre-cut

museum mats.

Acrylic, water-soluable crayons and pencils.

Flecked with type correction film on table and dog-tag.

The word forms are diluted gouache.

USE IT UP...

USING UP...

the gold-flecked tissues that support

sheets of 23 carat gold leaf.

USING UP....

my acrylics from the palette. I mixed them in a cup

with some flow medium and

painted dozens of 

abstract 'leaf' forms to dry over night.

Then I flipped 'em over and

painted the reverse with pale acrylic washes

from the next-day's palette.

Here's a close-up of one:

They can be arranged as background collage elements

on paper or panel with gel medium. 

Remember: they're acrylic and won't run.

I usually make sure the side with the gold is facing

up to sparkle.

HMMMMM; let's play with these twigs.

I dropped the image into Illustrator and fiddled with

the colors, contrast and rotation four times.

Here's another variation:

And here's a pattern made from four....

and my hands are still clean!

And another looking like Tapa cloth:

Whee!

'SUN HAT'

'SUN HAT'

is a new acrylic triptych. Each panel is 12 inches square.

The viewer sees a cyclist riding

in front of the sun;

a blurry figure on a mechanical 

silhouette.

The sun and hint of another wheel

is a design of 23 carat gold on acrylic.

The other animate objects are

a pair of foraging birds who

have found some berries.

An iron chair sits in a formal garden.

The whole group has a tinted palette which

is subordinate to the acrylic drawings.

'STORIES' (link)

'STORIES'

is a little sparkly with gold.

The story teller is drawn with acrylic

over washes of acrylic or watercolor.

Color highlights in pencil or crayon

and white line work using

type correction film.

'Guess I'll always paint mermaids!

SEA BLOSSOM (link)

PAINTED PAPERS....

Heaps of them 'round here!

I put together more than two dozen collages yesterday.

Pleasant busy work.

They'll fit 20 very nice rag double mats in

a format measuring 11 X 14.

Above is a detail showing three butted together.

I added the leaf designs in acrylic,watercolor, gouache and

Derwent's inktense pencils and a little 23 carat gold.

The completed work for today.

Patterns and lines bridge

the connected papers

with their random backgrounds.

ILLUSTRATION FRIDAYS/ 'Lesson'

This week's suggested topic/word is 'Lesson'; here's a flying lesson.

Mini mixed media on rag board. 2008-ish.