Paint on Paper

I've been doing some freeform painting with black gesso and watercolor. I learned this particular technique at a workshop I too with Laura Wait at Penland. We used all kinds of twigs, rocks and other found brushes to make marks on paper. It was one of the most freeing classes I have ever done.

I made some papers last night and then folded them into signature and made a little artist book. I still need to sew it together but wanted to show you my process.

Painted papers:

Coffee Filter flower

7/366 Make a Day Challenge - Coffee Filter flower (dyed in coffee and dipped in black gesso). Working with what I've got around the house.

Collage

I used to do a lot of collage. I've been doing more jewelry making and have gotten away from paper and glue. With the new year I am going to make one thing a day... nothing fancy and using whatever is around. I've made two new collages and I'm excited to get back into this medium.

Take a look .https://www.flickr.com/photos/picturegirl/23559861873/in/dateposted-public/

 https://www.flickr.com/photos/picturegirl/24186629045/in/dateposted-public/

Collage

I've been going through my art and have found some collages I did a few years ago. I love the medium and I am a notorious paper junkie. I can't part with cool scraps of paper I've been saving for years. Here are two collages I did on cigar boxes and one that's a portrait of...see if you can guess!

Plastic and Light at the Museum of Glass

I went down to the Museum of Glass in Tacoma today to hang out with Barbara DePirro who is an artist in residence there this month and next. She's doing cool things with used plastic milk cartons and other everyday things we discard.










This picture was just rolled up paper against the neat orange wall they have in the studio at the museum.

Barbara's website is here: http://www.depirro.com
She is taking recycled art to a new level. She also crochets baskets and purses from recycled plastic trashbags.