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jempavia — Color Wheel Flowers
Published: 2015-03-03 08:35:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 780; Favourites: 38; Downloads: 22
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This work is an example for a compliation article I'm putting together on ways to make something new out of old, unfinished or unsatisfactory art.Made from
The inspiration for this came from a series color wheels that I made as part of testing out paper brands in an art class. In themselves, they were nothing special, but some cutting and pasting gave them a new life as rainbow flowers. I used a bit of another watercolor texture for the trees and combined them over a background created on three small 5x7 pieces of watercolor paper of unknown origin that I found stashed in a bookcase.
How do you think they turned out?
Would this collage technique be something you would try in the future to make something new out of old work?
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This piece turned out perfectly. I would, no, I will definitely try it.
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I appreciate the idea of recycling! And I think the flowers are really lovely.
I have to look through my own old paintings...
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I absolutely love this! You did such a wonderful job on this piece. <3
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I often did the random painted papers with a class of 3-4 year olds, we called it "making beautiful papers". These were then cut or torn into pieces and used to great effect to make collages. I still do this in my studio, testing different media or techniques, even the paper towels I use to clean my brushes are not exempt! I keep them and have used them in other works. This series of collages is really beautiful use of "beautiful papers"
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Wonderful phrase, beautiful papers!
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Beautiful work. Something I would display in my home.
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"Watercolor paper of unknown origin" is a phrase I have to use more often.
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Haha. I have a large envelope that contains tons of paper that fit into exactly that category. Often I'l get one sheet of paper to try and use only a portion of of it and it gets tossed into the stash.
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... Random unrelated question, but have you tried the Yupo plastic watercolour paper or the Strathmore with the plastic in it? Stretching is such a bore.
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I love the yupo for abstract work, but it's really hard to keep realistic works on it. I just use 300# paper then I don't stretch it.
Here are some examples of work on yupo:
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Ooh. Very nice. I just bought a couple sheets and now can't wait to try it!
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The work has Good vibes good energy .
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