Tag: print

Tee shirt print, wings

I got this idea from a woman who had wings on the back of her tee shirt. It was one of those currently-popular Victoriana/skateboard style of designs. I don’t know what it’s called, but here are some examples. I’m sure you’ve seen stuff like this. My daughter calls it “steampunk rock design.” It’s a specific …

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48 Birds #5 Darling Sparrow

I had read about some gesso resist techniques and wanted to try them.  The author, whose article appeared in a magazine called “Apprentice Building Blocks” from Somerset, neglected to mention whether one had to  paint the background with paint before doing the gesso resist, or whether you were to just paint the gesso on plain …

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48 Birds #1: The songbird that teaches

I have been wanting to embark on a collage project. That is to say, I want to start practicing in earnest to become a better mixed media artist.  I had a theme in mind: 99 Ravens.  I like pictures with ravens, after all, so why not do a series of mixed media with that as …

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