tiistai 19. lokakuuta 2010

The Three Muses: Wings on Things / Siivekkäitä



Rakastan perhosia, ja niitä lenteleekin kesäisin pihassani paljon, koska ns. puutarhani on aika villissä kunnossa ja kasvattaa lukuisia luonnonkukkia, joita perhoset puolestaan rakastavat. Rakastan myös uusia Xcutin lävistäjiäni, perhosta ja kukkaa, joiden avulla voi tehdä ihania kortteja ja kollaaseja. Tällä altsukirjani aukeamalla osallistun Kolmen Muusan tämänviikkoiseen haasteseen. Kuvan taustan maalasin kahdella gessokerroksella: alla on keltaiseksi sävytettyä gessoa ja sen päällä vihreäksi sävytettyä gessoa, johon "piirsin" kammalla ja tikulla ruohikkoa, kun gesso oli vielä märkää.

I love butterflies, and there are a lot of them flying around in my garden in the summer. My so called "garden" is in a pretty wild state, growing all kinds of wild flowers, and the butterflies love them. I also love my new Xcut punches, the butterfly and the flower. With them I can make the most beautiful cards and collages. With this spread from my alterd book journal I'm participating in the Three Muses' challenge of the week. I painted the background of this collage with two layers of gesso: first there is a layer of yellow gesso, and on top of that I painted a layer of green gesso, and when that layer was still wet I "draw" the grass in it with a comb and a stick.

14 kommenttia:

  1. Beautiful pages. I love all the colours. Great work.xx

    VastaaPoista
  2. Wow! I love your butterflies, Eila. What a wonderful punch that must be to produce such exquisite creatures!!
    Gorgeous colours and beautiful composition. Great artwork.

    VastaaPoista
  3. as always Eila, your artwork is beautiful! the grass looks so REAL and the butterflies seem to be happy little creatures enjoying a warm summer day in your garden.

    VastaaPoista
  4. Wonderful work with the punch cuts- I love your butterfly garden!

    VastaaPoista
  5. This is wonderful work Eila...beautifully simple and simply beautiful...great job.

    VastaaPoista
  6. Fantastic background and lovely dainty butterflies!

    VastaaPoista
  7. Phantastic how you draw the grass Eila ! A lovely scenery !

    VastaaPoista
  8. I love the texture of the grass and the dimensional butterflies, Eila. A lovely page.

    VastaaPoista
  9. You have created a wonderful butterfly garden Eila, with gorgeous colours and beautiful textures. Bravo my friend.

    VastaaPoista
  10. Your technique for achieving the grass effect certainly worked well. There's such a light and airy feel about these journal pages. You can almost feel the summer sunshine! Thank you for sharing with us, Eila. I always enjoy your work.

    VastaaPoista
  11. Wonderful!!!
    Odotan kärsimättömästi kurssiasi ens viikonloppuna!!! :D:D
    Näkemisiin!
    sinikka

    VastaaPoista
  12. I love butterfly gardens! Your pages are wonderful.

    VastaaPoista