Image transfer/mixed media

"This is what she wrote......"

 Image transfer on old book page with gesso undercoat & cobalt blue acrylic around the edge of the pages.
I found this image a long time ago in a National Geographic magazine.
When I paint I brush excess paint onto old book pages etc. As I did this I noticed the words " this is what she wrote" at the top of the right hand page....this page just so happened to be the one I had chosen for this image transfer........so this was my inspiration for this artwork.

Drawing over a dry watery coat of burnt sienna with pen, added some colour to the drawing with watercolour pencils.

 Collaged a paper border with printed handwriting on it onto the canvas board.

 Then added the book page with gel medium. When it was dry I added the corner collage pieces.

  Last of all crayon which I smudged with my fingers to soften the overall appearance of this picture.

(raylee).

Suitcase Art

 1. Gesso

 2. Naples Yellow Acrylic

 3. Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna

4. Trial & error with the composition

5. Add the Blues - Ultramarine & Cobalt with White

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Creating Texture on Paper & Canvas...... in my Pyjamas

 stamped moulding paste over an old collage on canvas, then two layers of different colour acrylic paint.......more to come.....

patterned wallpaper on old watercolour collage on paper, sealed with gesso.......hopefully some idea will magically pop into my head for this texture.....

my messy work table today.........

....& yes it's past lunch time & i am in my pyjamas........still!......who has time to get dressed in between working on three paintings all at the same time, layers of moulding paste, gesso, & paint. one dries & it's time for another layer on the next one.......you get the picture?
(i am not the only person who does this, but i will admit to it!)
hope you are having a creative happy day!
thank you to all our visitors.......we love to see you!
(raylee).

Seven Days of Creativity for the 365 Creative Challenge 2013.......

.....four days to go!
these pages bring me up to date today......a mixture of cut & torn magazine paper collage, one from torn & crumpled paper  with some vaseline resist & acrylic glazing, & white gesso, Christmas wrapping paper , tags, ribbon, raffia & string.
red acrylic drawn over with water soluble black graphite.
  a print of a photo of a lady sitting on a bench scratching a ticket,  with a layer of black water soluble crayon rubbed over it.
the first & last collages are made from old national geographic magazines, 1986 & 1988. i found lots of photos with  textures from all sorts of different things.
(raylee).

365 Creative Challenge 2013 - Counting Down The Days

 to get the border reasonably straight for the acrylic pineapple paintings i used blue painters masking tape. when the paintings were dry i removed the masking tape & tore it into strips, stuck them onto a piece of pinky red painted paper then cut them into squares roughly.

 stuck the pieces on the used office diary pages.

this one i placed them closer together & stacked some pieces on top of others to create more texture.

 i went back to the first page with white gesso, leaving some circle shapes, stuck on some small cut out circles, rectangles & squares on the bottom part.

this one is acrylic paint mixed with aquadhere glue, makes it very glossy. placed next to the flat opaque black gesso there is a distinct contrast. 

 collage on wood block acrylic prints on watercolour on used sketch book paper, & washi tape.

black pitt pen doodles on painted paper. the colours are lemon yellow, yellow ochre & magenta. strips of masking tape were removed from the paper leaving little bits of blue.

 this one looks like trees to me , what do you think?

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not long to go now & this challenge will be complete.
(raylee).

Colourful Collage, Paper Flowers & Gift Tags - 365 Creative Challenge 2013

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A Mix of Mixed Media & Other Things - 365Creative Challenge 2013

portfolio aqua sketch pencil, watercolour pencil & water over acrylic wood block print on gesso on old office diary page.

the same again but this time i added watersoluble black graphite, i love to splosh & puddle with water.

 crochet circles for a rug i have started.

 detail of some acrylic paintings of pineapples.

there are a few more days to add, just have to take some more photos.
have a good weekend!
thanks for stopping by.
(raylee).

There's Something About Washing Flapping In The Breeze.........

 collage made from cut painted papers.......i looked for colours & patterns in the paint  that would suit the subjects, nothing added......just a pencil line & glue.

 doodling with different black pens........

duct tape, acrylic paint, paper, fabric scrap, alphabet stencil..........the "read me" came home with one of the kids from school, 

the pictures of the boy were found in an old children's story book.

the picture of the boy reading a book set the theme.

 i then found the fabric scrap of the children. this scrap completed the last page along with the alphabet stencil. 

the boy is dressed almost the same as the one from the book. the children on the fabric are characters from an old school reader, i am not sure of the name of the reader though. someone out there might remember it.

 ......& some black acrylic lines added to the bird also from cut painted papers.
 i painted over an old watercolour with black gesso to use as the background, some little bits of the watercolour show through.

of course i still don't know where i am up to with the "365 creative challenge 2013".......i just keep doing something every day.
 it has become a pleasurable habit now.
 i will count soon to make sure i am right up to date.......i never was very good at maths.....
 but i am tenacious.
(raylee.)