Friday, April 11, 2008

Off to Artiscape!

I'm excited -- soon we'll be hitting the road for Artiscape!

Here's my collage for the silent auction. The theme is Casablanca (movie or area -- I picked the movie!)

It's 8x10 on canvas. Bottom surface was lumiere's (though most of that was covered!) I also used wallpaper and some scrap papers for the base.

Artiscape sent us a collection of collage elements we could use if we liked. They were all paper things -- script pages, photos, stamps, tags...

(Detail left side; I used rusted stars, added a tag to the hotel label, a metal frame and the roses.)

Here's detail of the right side. I had the terracotta piece and also added the flower and wire. The square is a bit of a polymer square from a previous project. The other square (barely visible, left corner) is a heavy paper, covered with modeling paste and then painted in lumieres. It's almost like a leather texture.)

These are tight shots of the stamps (I grubbed up everything a bit with a stippling of distress inks in "cordury" and "green shutters.") Then I used a large skeleton leaf to sort of connect the elements into a more cohesive whole. This page of script has the "We'll always have Paris" line.

So, that's it! Back next week -- boy, I'll have lots of blog visiting to do then, too!

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

have a great time! the collage is beautiful jeanie :)

Beth said...

LUcky you ,,,take lots of pictures and have lots of fun fun fun!!! Love the collage. I posted my present from you on my blog today!!!
xoxoxoxooxoxoxoxoxoxox

paris parfait said...

Amazing collage! Have a wonderful time! Can't wait to hear about it! xo

Joanne Huffman said...

I hope to get to see you. I'm really enjoying Artiscape.

Joanne

Laura said...

How exciting!!!!!!! Have a great time and can't wait to hear all about it!!!

Shelley said...

Beautiful! Wow. You go ROCK THEM. Have a great time.

Mary Bee said...

Oh can;t wait to read about your experience at this gathering of artists. What fun. All I got this weekend was our Annual Rubberstamp Convention and $60 dollars spent. LOL

Quiltmoose - Dagmar said...

WOW, that collage is awesome!
Have a wonderful time!!!

Dagmar

Rosa said...

It's beautiful!! I love distressing stuff too. Can't wait to hear all about your escape! xo

Anonymous said...

just sews you know i am awaiting your return and post from your adventure :) hope you're havin' a good monday jeanie.
xox
r

Sugar Bear said...

Beautiful collage! I received your sweet birdhouse the other day. Thanks so much!
Karla

KRCampbellArt said...

These are beautiful! I am ignorance and now must google Artiscape?!?

Janet said...

I'm just green with envy that you're going on an art retreat! Lucky!! And your collage is fantastic. I love all the bits and pieces you used, and how they all come together so beautifully.

Have fun and then come back and tell us all about it.

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