Showing posts with label Collage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Collage. Show all posts

Sunday, January 25, 2009

ABAA - Altered Canvas



I must confess, this is not the first time I have altered a canvas. In fact I have done many, including two that I hinged together and made a letter keeper for my grandmother. 

When I read the challenge, my first instinct was to just use a photo of one of those.  

But I thought twice and decided that I would be cheating myself out of a potentially (Awfully) Big Art Adventure!  So off to the craft store I went and purchased my canvas.

Above you will see the finished product.  

It is deceivingly small.

In fact, I have never done anything so tiny.  (Save for that blasted bottle cap last week!)

To make this little gem I used several vintage stamps I had on hand, and collaged them with patterned paper, a die cut, some glitter and paint, to make the background.  Then I cut out the image of the deer from an old photograph I had.  And to finish it off I used the bird from another stamp, some paper, a metal plate, and a rub-on.

Below is a  picture from an angle that I think shows the 3-D-ed-ness a little better.



And lastly is this image that will give you a better perspective of the tininess.  

A great challenge, I must say!

Saturday, March 08, 2008

Photo Busy

Some of my Favorite Things (Right Now)...



From Left to Right, Top to Bottom, they are:

The Vintage Electric Clock in my Studio

The Chandalier in the living room

Rock Band! (the video game)

Pottery Barn photo shelf

Little Globe I bought at target

Paper Mache cat I got on cruise

Scent Diffusers

My Ipod (My Sanity)

My new S&W

Fabric Flowers in a Jar

My Bedroom set and Drapes

A good strong cuppa joe.



I 've been messing around with my new Macro Lens (Canon EF 100mm 1:2.8 USM) trying to get the perspective right. It's a lot harder than I thought it would be. But I am enjoying the practice. I have been wishing I live in a more photogenic town. I think I am going to have to go on a road trip to Williamsburg or out to the country. I went downtown last week and took some photos. Here are the ones I like best:









Until next time...