Layers of Texture with Threshold Masks

I’m still layering textures and color in my collages, wondering where to take it next. I’ve worked out a method, using light thresholds as masking layers, that lets me add more colors. Here’s a breakdown of a recent piece I worked on. I started with a shot of Waverly Station in Edinburgh, from my recent trip….

Stephanie Hargrave

Beautiful work — local, too! http://lorraineglessner.blogspot.com/2011/12/stephanie-hargrave.html

Susan Goldsmith

I’m insired by these impressionistic landscapes by Susan Goldsmith, described by Lesley Frenz on Artsy Forager: http://artsyforager.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/abstractions-of-atmosphere.

Vintage Grunge

A great explanation of digital collage from Amisha March. This is what I’m trying for! http://insightdesigns.co.uk/blog/2011/10/10/photoshop-vintage-grunge-tutorial-road-to-abandonment/

Abstracted Landscapes

Textured paintings and a helpful blog by Nancy Reyner: http://www.nancyreyner.com/paintings

Texture with Gelatin Prints

After the usual trial & error, I finally managed a printing session at home with a gelatin plate, and the textured results were worth the wait. I followed the steps and tips on Linda Germain’s blog, Printmaking without a Press. Biggest tip: natural-foods-store vegan gelatin will NOT do. Oh, what a blobby mess that was!…

Show: (in the red)

I delivered Etched to its fall home yesterday: the annual juried show at the Lynnwood Library, this year with a theme of (in the red).