October’s theme for the Documented Life Project is use of translucent papers. The prompts for this first week were to use deli paper and the phrase “You had me at hello”. The phrase did not speak to me at all so I decided to just focus on using deli paper. I have some very limited experience of using deli paper in art projects so I was glad of the opportunity to create a page focused on this material.
Since I had just returned from a trip to the Boulder Field at Hickory Run State Park, I took my inspiration from the rounded shapes of the boulders and decided to create an abstract page focused on shape. I painted up some sheets of deli paper in autumnal colours, given the turning of the leaves that is happening all around me, and one sheet in black in order to provide some contrast. Once I had cut out my shapes, it was just a case of layering them with overlap so as to make the most of the translucency of the paper. It is a really simple art journal page but I am quite pleased with how it turned out.
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Ooh, I really like this picture.
Thank you very much. It’s a bit different from my usual art journal pages but I like it.
Yeah, it caught my eye immediately. I’d like to see it glazed down on canvas.
That’s an interesting idea. Thanks for the suggestion. I shall pop it onto my Art To Do list.
post a pic when you do that, please!
Will do. I share pretty much all of my completed art projects either here or on my Pict Ink blog.
It was cool how you played with autumn colors. I love it.
Thanks. I’m liking the Autumn colours too and maybe it will finally dragged me out of my blue phase.
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