This collage took several days, and is really the culmination of what I had been exploring in the 2D fine art project to this point. When I had finished it I heaved a sigh of relief but actually there is so much further I could go, even just within this project. However we are on to 3D fine art from next week, so my mind has moved on! However here is part 1 of the big collage!
These first few pictures show writing which I intended to be covered up with paint. I have realised how much I love to have a story to my work, but as my tutor pointed out to me, it doesn't need to be obvious to everyone.
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| Bible verses are the foundation of my life so they are the foundation of this art work |
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| Painting over the verses was easy! |
Inspired by the work of Alan Bean - an Apollo astronaut turned artist who uses his moon bookts and tools to create texture in his paintings, I used pallette knives and my and Adrian's wedding rings in the acrylic paint. I mixed the paint with gel medium to allow it to hold the texture.
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| Grass created with pallette knife |
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| I hoped this purple would show through where the wedding rings lifted the paint. |
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| I rubbed in other shades of green acrylic and gold paint to highlight the texture. |
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| Wedding rings created the sky texture - they look like planets or moons. |
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To create stars I used a spattering technique, making sure I masked off the grass.
I wanted to add a moon and a galaxy to my painting but I know I couldn't paint to the same standard as a photograph. However when I put the printed off galaxy on the piece it didn't work because printer black is too different from acrylic paint black. So it was bye-bye galaxy. The moon looked ace though!
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| My beautiful full moon |
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| My awful galaxies! |
