52 Card Pickup

Day 3 of the Seth Apter workshops at Art from the Heart was his most popular class 52 Card Pickup.

We had been asked to coat both sides of a deck of playing cards before we went to the workshop.  We started by putting a layer of paint onto both sides of all of the cards.

Then we stencilled.

The covers

Here they are just piled up!

Then we stamped

 And here is the 'journal' with the covers and the ribbon to hold them altogether.

I managed to complete 5 small collages in during the class.  Only another 47 to go!

The idea behind the 52 Card Pickup is that you choose one card each week and journal on the back.   Or you can just collage on the back.  Or whatever you want.  For now I'm just going to concentrate on getting collages on one side of every card and then decide.   I'll let you know.

And of course I never leave Art from the Heart without spending money.  My credit card quivers at the mere thought of the visit!

Thanks for stopping by.

Bernice

More in my Venice workbook

Last week I showed you the gelli prints I had made using Michelle Ward's stencils.  I scanned some of them into my computer which enabled me to print them in different sizes.

When I was doing the gelli prints I put the excess paint on the stencils into my sketchbook.

These pages also have bits of stencils pressed on the paper.

I cut up parts of a gelli print and glued it only at the top on the left hand page.  I may stick the strips down completely but at the moment they can be picked up so that I can do something underneath if I wish.  I printed out the quarter size image of the original I had just cut up and stuck it down on the right hand page.

This page consists of gelli prints using the same stencil.  The top image was printed on paper and the lower one is on Deli paper.

I had dyed two pages with fabric dye and I rather like the contrast between the dark gelli print and the bright page.

I cut out parts of the print and stuck down the negative and positive.

I cut out the quatrefoil shape from another print on Deli paper and stuck them down.  I drew round all the shapes with a black pen which grounds the shapes on the page.

All of these pages need more work and I will blog my progress.

Thanks for stopping by.
Bernice

Collage Camp & Dimensional Stenciling

I'm just back from a glorious three days at Art from the Heart in Harrogate doing three separate workshops with the amazing Seth Apter.  Today I will concentrate on the first two days.

I love Seth's teaching style.  It really suits me.  Friday's class was Collage Camp.  The morning was very structured.    Seth went through his 8 principles of making collages and we made 8 mini (6 inch square) collage samples.

Later in the day Seth showed us how to make backgrounds using two of his techniques.

And then we were let loose to play - to use what we had learned in the morning to make one or two larger collaged pieces.   Seth went round the room talking to us individually - encouraging and guiding us.  He was so generous with his time and his knowledge.

This one isn't finished.   I worked on the page this way.

But when I was asking Seth's advice about what more to do with it, he suggested turning it the other way up!  And it makes such a difference!

This is the other collage I made

The second day was Dimensional Stenciling.  And the format was the same as the day before.  Seth took us through products this time that you could use with stencils and we made samples.

We made a couple of backgrounds and then we started using what we had learned about stenciling for a larger piece.  I found that what I had learned in Collage Camp was also very useful.

I had worked on the one above as a landscape but when I turned it up the other way I could see shapes that looked a bit like a New York skyline.  You might need to use your imagination.

I used some of Seth's stencils to make the buildings.   It isn't finished yet but I was thrilled that I got this far.

 I also have a couple of other unfinished papers.

And this is from the excess of paint on the pages above plus rubbing off the graphite from the stencil.

I might make all the samples into a book so that I don't lose them and perhaps use the paper above for the cover.  I'll let you know what happens.

Come back on Thursday to find out about the third class I took.

Thanks for stopping by.
Bernice