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With the horrible heat this week, I'm adding a couple of new classes to keep me in the house.
Paper Art Explorations was to be a TORN landscape or a city scape. Very fast class, I ripped a bunch of paper up into strips and pieces, some from old photos I had enlarged on printer paper. I really didn't know what i wanted to do...and it just sort of fell together. 40 minutes isn't a lot of time to think...which I think is an asset...not getting lost in the muddle of my mind.
I confess the only bit I used a scissors on was this blonde head...this piece has been floating around in my scraps.....waiting, and yes, Denmark is a HAPPY place. Certainly happier than here in the USA.
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Everything else was ripped. The church steeple is from Denmark and very old photo, also the shoreline. Bits of houses are from Copenhagen Nyhagen-the historic district.
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The disjointed letters are DAN and an E. I forget what the original word was.
The textures and colors are all reminiscent of my summer in Denmark.
I used a clear washable Elmers glue to set my pieces and then coated the whole thing with my new Golden Matte Gel medium. I wait for sales when I buy mediums or paints and then take advantage of the savings. Coupons are good too.
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The family home I stayed in was right on the Skattegut, the part of the sea between Denmark and Sweden. I often walked the long harbor pier and beach behind the house. The greens and yellows are the lush vegetation and flowers that every home had.
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The figures are from another old photo blown up ...turn of the century of a park. Denmark is big on walking and parks.
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the reflection on the water, water is everywhere in Denmark which is many islands and a huge fjord slicing through the north part. The sea is life, food, and a source for vacationing.
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Here you can see how it was attached to my sketchbook. After trimming and removing, I did a tint on all my raw white edges...I wanted the feeling of sunlight, then when that was dry I totally gave it a Gel Medium Coat.
Denmark is often described as the Fairytale Country due to Hans Christian Andersen's Fairytales...so the eyes in the sea at the bottom of the piece of course
are Ariel, the Mermaid of HC's famous tale,
"The Little Mermaid."
This technique was loads of fun...and I'm looking forward to the next class.
I also took a Paper Cutting Class during this week of horrible weather. Since this was my first class, I did not know what to expect.
But the instructor, Flor gave us a quick history lesson on Chinese Paper cutting, a very old art form, some pieces have been actually found from the 6th century.
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Yes that is old. I wonder what kind of scissors did they use?
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Actually, I think I will bring a cutting tool up from the basement next time, as my scissors strength isn't very good for details or thick folded papers.
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We were taught how to fold a Square into 8 sections and used a template to cut out our first one. The only red paper I had in my room was a red manilla folder, which was very thick to fold and cut.
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The second one I grabbed a sheet of yellow printer paper with a design on the edge...this was the perfect thickness for the project.
Again, 40 minutes or so flies by, and we just finished and shared and the class was over.
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This was very interesting and worth a look further for some research!
Jian Zhi with accents above the 'a' and 'i'.
Pronunced, Jin Shan, like I said very interesting.
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Sandi
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