New art etc.
Currently, I’m working out the details on a new collage tentatively titled “L’Ecole des Mystères”. I’m taking the advice of my betters and doing several preliminary drawings to block out composition, color, and values before choosing my papers. I think it’s going to be cool.
I had to cut down “Where Did I Go Wrong?” from 11″x14″, in order to crop out a boring section, so it’s now an odd size and will need to be custom-framed. >:P. But it looks better. It’s currently being shmooshed (technical term) under glass and books, gluing to foamcore so the little bastard will flatten out. Every time I look at it, I’m completely undecided about whether or not it’s finished. I kind of want it to look a little foggier, which I could achieve (I think) by either gluing a sheet of white tissue paper over the whole thing, or applying the faux-encaustic process with acrylic medium, both of which techniques will flatten and obscure the paper textures. So I still don’t know what I’m going to do to it. When I’m not looking at it, I think, Oh, I could do this or that, but when I’m looking at it, I love the way the papers look; just way too “clear”. This one just didn’t turn out the way I’d envisioned it. I may have to try it again.
I’m also working on putting some stuff on Café Press, so if you want to support a >>koff<< starving artist, you can do so in the future.
