Thank you Patty. These are all papers. I made a slew of them in preparation for this piece. I had been asked to create something around a mosaic theme. You can see my meager reference to mosaic in the marching tiles above the arch.

There are pieces of masa paper, colored with acrylic dyes, and mulberry paper glazed over watercolor smatterings. The leaves and grapes are from a stencil, then negative painting. I cut, tore, and pasted. Then arranged until the vineyard popped up. The people were a happy serendipity I exploited with only a hint of form and shadow.

No fabrics.

Thanks so much for coming by — I’m wondering what abstract you have running off your brushes today…

Barb

I saw this, Alice — the first time I visited your site. I didn’t know what Bryce was. Finally figured it was software that allowed you to build… when I saw the trees demo. There were many of yours I liked — this was one of my favorites, though lots of landscapes ran close. I thought I left a comment somewhere — but I don’t know where.

Thirty hours? Yep, I’d say that’s obsession. But what beautiful results.

Hi Nightshadow. A tutorial on either one of these will be interesting. Hmm… how to reconstruct the thinking. When class is over, I’ll make another and keep steps written and scanned. Thanks for asking — that should be fun.

Meanwhile, I began this process by painting several watercolor sheets, and pieces of sheets, with shades of blues and purples and burgundies in textures. Then I started cutting pieces, tearing others, and placing them until I found something I liked. I found and used a piece of rice paper I’d dyed deep teal earlier and stuffed in the to-be-salvaged-later-maybe drawer.

The people walking away from the arch are just accidents of the paint, which I defined just a little once I figured out what they were.

(No, the paper does NOT have to be any particular brand or weight — whatever you have on the shelf, even bristol board. Just select a base paper that has enough weight to support your added pieces.)

Thanks…
Barb

I’d love to see the torn paper portrait… have you seen those portraits done with mosaics of little paintings? When you back away, it’s the values that make the portrait, not the images themselves. I find that concept fascinating…something to grow toward.

So you sold your painting-collage before getting a photo of it? Good for you!!!

Thanks for your comments Bunny…

Thank you Susie! Both for liking my painting and the way I reword the great Biblical wisdoms to make them practical in my life.

I can thank my mom for teaching me to think this way… she helped me through math story problems as a child, teaching me to reduce everything to simple terms until I could SEE it. I’m still doing that…

Barb

Pat Dew’s DVD can be found at the link above. I looked too for the book — I’ve had it awhile. Maybe your library consortium can get it for you???

I’ll watch for your new post — I love the idea of pouring paint. You can get some wonderful results — do you use a mask to protect areas, or just wet areas where you want the paint to flow?

Thanks for commenting on my two textures pieces.

Barb

Thanks Nita… you should recognize the “Walk in the Vineyard.”

I understand the kicking and screaming part — truth is sometimes hard to see, but it actually does work. Wayne Dyer says things change the way they look when we change the way we look at them. How true that can be in art! And in all life.