Art Camp in Progress

we are still having lots of fun, and the books are beginning to take shape.

 

Their creativity is apparent as they try new techniques

Sunprints

Tooling and coloring metal foil

 

Arranging images

 

Most of the wet work is done, and we will begin lettering and embellishing next week.

God Rested

How do you picture "God rested"? It's an abstract thought, and everything else in the book except the cover was very straight forward. The book has a whimsical feel to it, so I found a public clipart image and used it as a pattern with a piece of hand dyed fabric. For the background. I painted it nickel azo gold, let it dry, then added green swirls with a rubber stamp and Tsukineko markers. If I were doing it over, I would use a lighter or more transparent paint for the swirls. Then I attached the chair using gel medium. After it dried, I added the text. Then I put another layer of gel medium and while it was still wet, used a swirly rubber stamp sheet to give it texture. I love how this texture adds a subtle layer of interest. Paper for the chair would be easier to handle than the fabric with the gel medium.

To view another canvas book check out Judy Coates Perez Website

fish and birds

This page took a lot of time because I just couldn't find the right images to use. I was thinking about using Sophie Nicholson's peacock image, on transfer art paper, but my printer ran out of ink in the middle of the job, spoiling the paper. So I found some wrapping paper with stylized fish and drew some birds freehand to mimic the style of the wrapping paper. I used Tsukineko fabric markers to color the birds and my favorite drawing pen, the Pitt artist fine point pen. The background was painted with Jacquard Lumiere citrine paint and a textured tissue paper was applied. After it was dry, I used white glue to attach the pictures. I added the text with the Pitt artist pen, then covered the whole project in gel medium and while it was still wet used rubber stamp sheets to give it texture.

Sun and moon

I purchased a metal tooling kit from Walnut Hill at the quilt show in Chicago and was looking for a way to try it.

I drew the sun and moon freehand with the tools included in the kit. To color it I used alcohol inks, but when I teach the class, I think I will use colored Sharpies. They are much easier to control. I used white glue to adhere them to the canvas which had been painted with Lumiere pearl blue. I added the text with a white signo pen.

Next time I'll experiment with a different method of adhering the foil to the fabric. For now it is holding, but I'd like more definition on the edges.

humans and animals

This is still a work in progress. I knew I wanted to use a freezer paper mask to create the paper dolls, so I painted the background in nickel azo gold (Golden fluid acrylic) and then ironed the freezer paper on the canvas after it dried. Then I sponged green paint on, did some rubber stamping with a darker green and added red dots. What else?

Creation Book

In July I'll be teaching a mixed media adult art camp at my church on three Wednesdays. I've had so much fun putting together a canvas book for the class sample.

The first image is the cover page. I used a freezer paper mask in a spiral shape and sponged on paint then dotted on colors with the end of a paintbrush. After it was dry, I removed the freezer paper and used a white signo pen from uniball to add the text in the area that had been masked. love that pen!

The string on the left side of the image is a tag from the next page.