As I look through the entries to MY challenge - I created a piece with the "TAKE FLIGHT" theme to enter in the Friday Foto Collage challenge. It is a new blog challenge also - how perfect. I do not have a photo workshop program and am not computer savvy sooooooooo felt this would definitely take me to a new learning space. I started with two of my photos - one I shared over this past challenge time frame as a piece of inspiration: the butterfly that had landed in our garage and I had taken a photo of a piece of coral that I love. Started this piece with a piece of watercolor canvas with a sap green wash. I used cut out butterflies and moths from a collage sheet - from
Shabby Cottage Studios - and magazine/catalogs that I had been saving! I then blew up the picture of the coral and copied it onto a transfer sheet (I have never done this and am currently in love with transfers now).
Layed the pieces out - several times of course - moving things around and then started adhering the butterflies with gel medium:
Then the scary step of taking the coral print off the transfer backing and getting it onto the canvas - yikes!!!!!!!! It was much easier than I had anticipated - that's why I'm in love with it - and it gives depth - super cool look! Now I know why people are addicted to photoshop!
So, wha-la: "TAKE FLIGHT" - GIVE WINGS TO YOUR DREAMS - a collage - soon to become notecards!!!!!!!!!!!
Hope this helps you decide to enter our next challenge here at Sinderella's Studio -
Winner of our FIRST POSTCARD WITH A MESSAGE CHALLENGE TO BE ANNOUCNED SUNDAY - STAY TUNED!!!!!!!!!!
CHEERS, dana
This gorgeous! A very sophisticated piece!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI need to know more about transfer paper!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Thank you!!!!!!!!!! I will send you what I did!
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absolutely fabulous!! I love it!!! came here by way of fridayfotocollage !!!
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