I’m participating in the 100 Day Project again this year. I intended to do a similar project to last year’s — a series of (unrelated) mixed-media collages, with a heavy dose of monoprinting to create collage fodder. That’s not quite how things have been turning out, though. Have you ever had a project appear...
Catalpa Leaf Print – The100DayProject, days 65-71
I dug up some more leaf prints made during my leaf-printing spree last year. There were two prints of the same northern catalpa leaf. I left the more distinct one untouched and filled in around it with bits of torn paper. On the much less distinct print, I outlined it and went over the...
Torn Paper Collage Redbud Leaves – The 100 Day Project, days 46-55
I’m still feeling very enthusiastic about tearing up bits of paper and gluing them to stuff. I dug a sketch of some redbud leaves out of my sketchbook and transferred it to a gel print I made recently. When I first finished collaging the leaves and drawing the veins in, it looked like this:...
Torn Paper Collage & Working with Leaf Prints – The 100 Day Project, days 31-45
I had a pretty big slump most of last week or so and wasn’t feeling the love for this project, hence the lack of update. I still haven’t missed a day, but there were some days where I did a pretty minuscule amount of work on it. I’ve been spinning while I watch an...