Good morning everyone
"Like life, at times the journey is more important than the destination"
I have lately become fascinated with the art of mix media. The beauty of this craft form is the fact is there are no set rules. And that is what makes it interesting.
Having become a collector lately I have been collecting a lot of things that would usually be thrown away by us... Bits of paper, cloth tags, buttons, tree bark, bottle caps, cheese cloth and god only knows what all...
So when I was told to make a mix media project I had a wide variety of stuff to add and experiment with. Considering that I was just planning to experiment I decided to do some mix media tags.
As we are in January the temperature has dropped and its winter all over in India. Though in Kochi there is never a winter but it is certainly cooler than what it is, throughout the year. I wanted to create something which would give an effect of Winter ... Cold.. and a feel of cold is depicted by the colour blue. Add to that bits of silver to add on to the effect of winter.... And here is what I have created.
These have been created in old clothes tag which we usually get when we buy clothes. Most of the time we just cut these and throw it away. But I decided to use these as the base.
I have painted these white with gesso and have added texture using modelling paste. Once dry using folkart paint I have created a light blue wash. To this I have added a bit of color using memento inks.
Once my background was ready, it was time to put to put the composition. For this I have used some ready made flowers as well as have created some handmade flowers.
I have created layers using some gauze, and mdf gears. To that I have added some fused pearls on a string, some pollen fillers, the flowers and a few other pieces of mdf and some buttons and ends.
Once my composition was ready I have applied white gesso on all the coloured areas. Then I have added the shades of blue using acrylic paints, some moments inks and cosmic water color paints. The cosmic paints added a bit of a shine to the entire project and thus added to the effect of water. I kept working on the colouring till I achieved the effect I was looking for.
Right in the end I added a few dew drops to bring the project together.
I have created two different tags using almost the same techniques and embellishments. Thus they are different but at the same time similar.
Hope you like this inspiration.
Here are some close ups of the same.
Wishing you a wonderful day ahead
"Like life, at times the journey is more important than the destination"
I have lately become fascinated with the art of mix media. The beauty of this craft form is the fact is there are no set rules. And that is what makes it interesting.
Having become a collector lately I have been collecting a lot of things that would usually be thrown away by us... Bits of paper, cloth tags, buttons, tree bark, bottle caps, cheese cloth and god only knows what all...
So when I was told to make a mix media project I had a wide variety of stuff to add and experiment with. Considering that I was just planning to experiment I decided to do some mix media tags.
As we are in January the temperature has dropped and its winter all over in India. Though in Kochi there is never a winter but it is certainly cooler than what it is, throughout the year. I wanted to create something which would give an effect of Winter ... Cold.. and a feel of cold is depicted by the colour blue. Add to that bits of silver to add on to the effect of winter.... And here is what I have created.
These have been created in old clothes tag which we usually get when we buy clothes. Most of the time we just cut these and throw it away. But I decided to use these as the base.
I have painted these white with gesso and have added texture using modelling paste. Once dry using folkart paint I have created a light blue wash. To this I have added a bit of color using memento inks.
Once my background was ready, it was time to put to put the composition. For this I have used some ready made flowers as well as have created some handmade flowers.
I have created layers using some gauze, and mdf gears. To that I have added some fused pearls on a string, some pollen fillers, the flowers and a few other pieces of mdf and some buttons and ends.
Once my composition was ready I have applied white gesso on all the coloured areas. Then I have added the shades of blue using acrylic paints, some moments inks and cosmic water color paints. The cosmic paints added a bit of a shine to the entire project and thus added to the effect of water. I kept working on the colouring till I achieved the effect I was looking for.
Right in the end I added a few dew drops to bring the project together.
I have created two different tags using almost the same techniques and embellishments. Thus they are different but at the same time similar.
Hope you like this inspiration.
Here are some close ups of the same.
Wishing you a wonderful day ahead
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