Saturday 14 September 2013

fun with layers 01


This is an interesting challenge, Lynn. I'm always hearing about collage artists who work by adding successive layers until they feel the piece is done, so I thought that would be fun to try for a change. I somehow ended up with two chairs and six black circles!

The bird is a South American species—a bare-throated bell bird, named for its bell-like cry. The plant is Australian—a green hooded orchid. The fish is an opah, a strange species that is nearly six feet (two meters) long: as it swims, it beats its long pectoral (side) fins like wings. The thing in the upper right is a front foot of a cane toad.

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  1. Being a minimalist at heart it's fun to think about creating such a work. And it's good work Fi. You met this week's challenge with layers of interesting & unexpected images.

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  2. I love the layers! what did you use to make the circles?

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    1. Thanks! I used a Posca acrylic paint pen to make the circles.

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  3. Also love the layering, Fi, and how you slipped a whole bunch of theme elements in here, great!

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  4. Great artwork. Makes me think of echoes. The circles could be sound emanating from the lady in the T-shirt and the bird. And don't sit on that monster's chair!

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    1. Yes, I agree! And the fish is flapping its fins as fast as it can, to escape from that crazy place... =grin=

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  5. I like the layers, too - and I agree with C.C.!

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