I used some patterned paper I bought at Michaels and glued ripped pieces to make the background. Then I water down some white acrylic in matte medium and went over the whole thing to push it back into the background. I glue "Sunny" on top of this. Then, I printed his name on some yellow flimsy paper and glued it on over the stripes. I stamp a couple of paw prints in gesso. And the sun was a juice glass stamp with black and a credit card for the rays. The black around the dog is a charcoal pencil. I also used distress ink to age it a bit.
I going to give my friend a few for her sister. I hope she likes it.
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I love this collage! I've never tried collage before but it's on to-do list. You did Sunny proud with this one.:)
Btw, what's distress ink? Some kind of antiqueing(sp?)solution? I'm headed to JoAnn Fabrics on Wednesday and they have a ton of art/craft supplies. I may check this out.
Thanks, Billie! Glad you like it. I've always wanted to do some kind of background for the dog portraits. I'll have to experiment some more.
It's a stamp pad that says "Distress Ink" on the top and I think I did get it at JoAnn's. They only had "tea dye", which is a little bright, but I really was looking for "antique linen" or "antique walnut". Then, I just rubbed my finger on the pad and smudge a little here and there.
You should try collage once. It was fun. I'll be heading to Michael's this week with a $50 gift card in my pocket! woohoo! :)
Thanks, Diane.:) I'll look for the distress ink when I go there. I'm clueless when it comes to collage although I admire them and the artists that create them. I have a load of paper samples I got from Twinrocker that would probably work very well for this application. What do you use for glue. Did you say?
Btw, congrats on the Michael's gift card score!:) I love that place.
Same with me on the collage thing. I ordered some books on Amazon: Taking Flight, by Kelly Rae Roberts; Exhibition 36 by Susan Tuttle. I've been wanting to try it for some time. They help give me the nerve and I learned alot.
It seems the most popular brand is "Golden" gel medium, matte. They didn't have it at Micheal's so, I picked up "Liquitex" matte medium. (It said it was good for collages). It worked ok, but I did have use a little Elmer's when something wasn't sticking enough, and then just brushed the medium over everything. I did order the Golden from "Dick Blick's", though.
So you got your paper. Just get some medium and try it! I started small 6 x 6. The books do help.
I'd love to see if you do, no pressure. :)
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