I don't have a start to finish this time for my latest piece, but I wanted to show you ways of getting the most out of your art. This is nothing new for me, and if you're a visitor to my blog, you've seen me do this before---but I love to share, and spark some ideas for others out there.
So I started with a big blank 18 x 24 gallery canvas--which I don't like--that's big for me, but this time I took it one section at a time--almost like small little canvases--
And all together--
So from here--I saw the opportunity to crop different parts of it and make some more art--
on these 6 x 6 canvases. When I print out my art, and then adhere them to the surface of my choice, I'll use gel medium (coating the top as well), which creates a barrier. This helps me when I enhance them with more color, because they will fade and bleed slightly. I always bring the color back out with pitt pens (the brush tip). For those of you who aren't familiar with them--they're india ink, and when you first apply them you have about a minute to blend them with your finger or damp paintbrush--they are wonderful to use, and they mix very well with each other, not to mention every color of the rainbow at dick blick for the best price. The best thing about them, is that once they're dry, they're permanent--they're not water soluble.
and next, I do what I usually do--
I looked for a box, in this case a very large cigar box--another cropped image from my original art piece , and then I searched through all of my original art images that I have stored in my computer (love today's technology!) for houses. My plan was to have a neighborhood of houses wrapped around the entire box--which I was able to do....
I can keep doing this with my art--mixing and matching, and it will always be new, because it's my art, and you can do the same with yours--all you need is a printer, and your imagination to make it uniquely yours!