Tag: paper collage art

Expressive Flowers, Valentines Day Workshop

Paper Palette Collage Hearts

Mireya
Have faith and love writting on blue swatch palette paper paper

I was going to look for the flower shapes and doodle the details but cutting heart shapes was lovely! Thank you EttaVee! I can glue the hearts onto paper and turn them into art prints! I’m still going to do the flower shapes doodle. Tuesday I’ll get back to my roses project. Well, I did paint roses yesterday. I want to paint pink roses. I have been sketching roses. Oh, I have an idea for a wildflower thought. Yes, I’m still working on that project.

color scheme for a poster that reads de colores

Do you have palette paper? I’ve just been using the back of mixed media paper or copy paper. Copy paper works ok. The creamy acrylic gets lost in copy paper and dries quickly. Let me know what kind of paper you use?

Siempre,

Mireya

Expressive Flowers

Mixing Vibrant Color

Mireya

I finally have the pink tones I’ve been searching for.

Various papers painted with vibrant orange and pink tones

I came back from a walk filled with white and pink roses. I don’t know what to say except I can’t wait till spring. Now here I am writing this post. Seeing all those colors made me appreciate my flourescent painting exploration even more.

I squeezed fluorescent pink, red and indian yellow onto a palette. I was looking for my notes from Etta Vee’s post. I decided to be the artist I am and play. All was calm and quiet. My spirit painted and dare I say it, mixed the perfect pinks. I had vibrant orange. Vibrant colors, we are going places. Oh, and adding titanium white made a dreamy orange cream. I let the paintbrush glide on the page. In the texture, the words you are your own hero emerged. Yes! I was in the moment. I usually have one flower on one page, maybe two. The message is written on each flower.

yellow collage flower with the words let's written inside

But what if you turn the page five times to get the full message. Each page’s bloom is more vibrant than the last. I can do a test run with an idea pin! The ideas are always here. It’s only a matter of being in a quiet place so you can hear yourself think. It’s the best place to be, right there living.

Now for the collage work. Next time I go to Blick I’m going to buy a newspaper pad to paint on.

Siempre,

Mireya

Expressive Flowers

Paper Collage is such a fun way to create

Mireya
pink and yellow paper collage flower

The pink and the yellow just work. This piece took about two hours. It always gets me that I paint these colorful papers from copy paper. As I paint them, the textures are just interesting to make. Oh, but when the paper dries, I cut them up and arrange the papers. Only then true beauty is revealed. Beautiful art can come from anywhere. The best art does. It reminds me of the greatest hits song that was written in the world’s best pie diner in the middle of nowhere.

Siempre,

Mireya