September 14, 2012 at 9:24 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment
Tags: altered art, Bellingham, collage, collaging, ephemera, framed collages, Gazlay, layering, layering techniques, layers, life captured framed collages, mixed media, paint color, recycled art, recycling, sheila gazlay, The Ephemera Daily, WA
So after having read lots of articles on layering and the joys of layering, I finally decided to give it a try. I had received a package in the mail with this unusual packing paper in it that was meant to be recycled but I thought was just intriguing.
I’d watched things on the Internet and read about layering but my first thugth was always that I didn’t want to cover the original image up and what if I liked what I had and wanted to stop too soon. I had seen the way artists in magazines were able to add layers but still have previous layers show through but couldn’t see this working for me.
The first nice surprise I had was that use of a medium instead of glue really did work. It not only held on what I wanted it to but it also made it’s own little surface as it glued and puddled and settled. So that was settled, I really believed medium would work as a glue. Not only that but I was pleased to find that it did let the colors that were already on the canvas board show through.
But then I stopped. I knew that one layer did not a layering project make but I was so pleased with the way it looked, I didn’t want to cover it. So what I ended up with isn’t really a layering project, like most first timers I suppose I just became too pleased with my project and didn’t want to mess it up.
Next time I’ll get more adventurous… at least that is what I tell myself. But don’t we all.
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