Tuesday, February 09, 2016

The King

 King Fisher # 1
Watercolor, mixed media 11 X 11

This  was my first attempt at doing one of Karen Knutson's "wire drawings". See her work at www.karenknutson.com. It's supposed to be a combination drawing, zentangle, with added collage and paint. Well, I got the collage and paint part OK but I didn't like the busy background (permanent ink) behind the bird. I tried to tone it down with gouache, then naples yellow, finally I used white acrylic. See the next picture. I also modified the background colors.


 King Fisher #1 modified
I liked this one much better, I like the bird but thought the background could be better and I could do without the messy acrylic behind the bird.


The King 
Watercolor, ink, and collage 11 X 11

I'm happy with the way this one turned out. I left the circle behind the bird just the white of the paper. The viewer can decide if it's a sun or a moon. I used the "old fashioned" method of collage, just cut and paste for these. I used "Yes" paste to start with so whatever I didn't like could be removed. When I was finished I went over the pasted pieces with matte medium so they would be permanent. Other than the drawing done with ink there was no zentangle going on. I like the idea and I will probably do some more and try to incorporate some of the zentangle or wire drawing. 

3 comments:

  1. Love it, Janet! I agree whole heartedly with all your great decisions!

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  2. I like the "improved" version of the first piece best, not that it was not good in the first place. It caught my eye, you see!

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    1. I was hoping it would catch the judges eye, too. But, it did not. Oh well, maybe the next judge will be caught by it!

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