For the past several weeks I’ve been in Pamela Lanza’s UC Berkeley Extension class, Working in Series. Here’s the course description: The process of working in series is an effective vehicle to unlock creative potential, capitalize on unexpected discoveries and uncover new forms of self-expression. Illustrated lectures introduce you to contemporary artists who work in series … More Working in a Series
My Rainy City art quilt will be shown at the Blue Line Gallery’s 2012 Annual Juried Membership Show in Roseville. Blue Line Gallery July 20 – August 18, 2012 Opening Reception July 21 – 7 – 9 pm Hours and Directions 405 Vernon Street, Suite 100 Roseville, CA 95678 (916) 783-4117 Rainy City 31 1/2″x 40 1/4″
For the past month or so, I’ve been exploring ways to show horizon lines in paintings and drawings using collage elements on the horizon line. I started playing with this in Jane Davies’ online workshop Keys to Dynamic Composition. I started by making sketches from the view out my window, then sketches inspired by Van … More Horizon Project
Over the last 6 weeks, I’ve been taking an online class with Jane Davies, Exploring the Self Portrait. One of the greatest challenges for me was to quit worrying about how I could never get the portrait to look like me and to let myself explore the techniques and concept of the self portrait. Here … More Exploring the Self Portrait
Our final project for Jane Davies Image and Text online workshop was to create a small series of collages using any or all of the techniques we learned. I got behind the last week and finally created one quickly this morning. I didn’t have time to collect new images or work on it with the care that … More A quick little collage series
Yesterday Lisa Fulmer coordinated a 5 hour Introduction to Encaustic Workshop with Patricia (Trish) Baldwin Seggebruch. Trish showed us the basics and some with alternative materials like Transfer Artist Paper (TAP), Lutradur, Pan Pastels, Piñata Inks, PearlEx, Wood Icing, and stencils. She even showed us how to create unusual effects with a blow torch and … More Encaustic Collage
This is an art quilt still in progress made from a collage using text and image I made last month. I liked the collage so much that I decided to make it into a textile piece. I scanned the image at the highest resolution my scanner would allow and printed the images onto fabric with … More Collage Art Quilt
Here’s a photo of a foot that I tried to draw a few times in drawing classes. It is my nemesis, and therefore, a perfect subject for telling a story with collage. I used Photoshop to remove the background stuff and made a gel transfer of the image. I found that it is too low … More Drawing Nemesis
More new collages. For these I created backgrounds with text from various sources – magazines, newspaper, and junk-mail, then added some paint. Over the background, I added images, paint, and more text. In each case, the end result was unexpected and somewhat mysterious. Renewable 6 1/2″ X 7″ Hope 8″ X 7″ My Heart 7″ … More More Text + Image = Collage
Playing with combinations of text and image in Jane Davies’ online workshop Text and Image: Telling Stories in Collage. Class started yesterday, and I’m having fun cutting up some magazines my sister gave me earlier this week. I sat in my easy chair and created a big pile of pictures and text to play with. … More Text + Image = Collage
Priscilla Read - Art Journey 