CS. NO6, 2.16.10, 16" x 18"
This week, now that the sun has finally come out again, I find myself craving spring. So I just couldn't help but break out the spring colors for this week's CitraSolv/NatGeo collage.
The NatGeo pages were adhered to a masonite blank in my new favorite manner: I paint the masonite and the backs of the pages with gloss medium and once they're all dry, I iron the paper to the board. The heat of the iron melts the medium and the pages adhere flatly and smoothly to the surface of the masonite.
Then I broke out my spring leaf stamps. These stamps are hand-made by adhering cut fun foam to pieces of foamcore. I painted each stamp with titanium white acrylic paint to act as a resist to the wash of color that came next.
Once the paint dried, I washed the entire surface in Sun Yellow (primary) and Turquoise (also a primary) Dye-Na-Flow and then to seal it, I covered the whole thing in a final wash of more Sun Yellow mixed into gloss medium.
(detail)
13 comments:
LOVE LOVE LOVE this piece judi! at the moment, we can't see the sky, it's just grey and cold outside. thank you for cheering me up!
awesome piece Judy! I'm longing for spring too - I just can't stand the cold anymore!
This is gorgeous. Bet you get spring before we do.
wow...that turned out beautifully...I just love the texture and the layered look of it all...
and I too am craving the arival of spring.
ciao
have a great day!
Love this one! I am sure enjoying following your blog and seeing your work! I found another orange degreaser product in my garage, I'm going to spray a bit on a page and see what it does although I haven't any real hope that it will behave as citrisolve. That's okay, I think I can find some other things to keep me busy!
Spring has sprung here in NW Oregon where it is a balmy 50 degrees. My daffodils have unopened buds on them. any day now....
And I thought you were on staycation? So that really means you were working away in your studio creating another gorgeous piece!
I won't complain about our cold winter as I am enjoying wearing a few fall clothes.
This stuff is just amazing, Judi!
Beautiful! I have been trying to find masonite for years! Where do you get yours?
SO very cool! I just love this piece!!! Leaves, green...everything about it is wonderful!
Glad to see others think your work is as awesome as I do! Thanks for the touch of spring! Sounds like we all need it. Look forward to next week's. Melissa
Hi Judi. Glorious piece! Found you by way of the CitraSolv website. Your technique is absolutely wonderful! Thank you so much for sharing!
Beautiful composition! I love the stamped images. Can you show us more on how you do that?
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