COLLAGE ART

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Oh, Summer. How you have kept me from working and writing on my blog.

I can’t really blame myself for taking the summer months off. They’re so fleeting and I’ve just been enjoying the time spent outdoors with family and friends. And the laziness on those hot, humid days.

These abstracts done with tissue paper have been sitting on my work table since July and I’ve finally gotten around to scanning them.

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FABRIC BITS NOTE CARDS

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Going through my bins of fabric today, it occurred to me that sewing together some little scrappy bits and attaching them to card stock would make cute note cards.  And writing a few encouraging words, or a funny Mae West quote (“too much of a good thing is wonderful”), would give them some more interest.  The text from a book on the green linen fabric just struck my funny bone and could certainly be used to describe me too many times!

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MORNING GLORIES

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I must say, I’ve never seen red morning glories!  The blue is one of my favorite flowers.   Each year, at the end of the summer, I like to collect and save the seeds to use the next year in planters near the back door and for the garden just outside the sun room window.  Although, this year it looks like they’ve taken care of themselves and self-seeded in the garden.  Morning Glories are easy to grow and are so beautiful climbing up a trellis.

This collage was pieced together and scanned into the computer, then I digitally added the scanned morning glory image.  That came from a set of “Flower Power” cards I got at a flea market.  The set of cards is pretty interesting, with ancient herbal remedies written on the back of each.  I’m going to use some of these for a set of notecards that I’ll post as soon as they’re complete.

Enjoy the weekend!

ALTERNATE VERSIONS of A PIECE

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VERSION 1 : A painting with collage elements added – photographs, tissue paper, different bits of paper

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VERSION 2 : After scanning it into the computer, I digitally added some white brush strokes and a small yellow rectangle on the lower right corner

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VERSION 3 : Another idea was to put a yellow strip over the eyes and move the yellow rectangle up under the transparency of the group of boys.

I could probably play with this all day long!  Anyone have a preference?

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