Lynne is a fabulous mixed media collage artist, and I was fortunate enough to take workshops with her last year as well. I credit those with transforming my own collages to a much higher level, and the journal pages I've done since then all do reflect the many things I've learned from Lynne.
The classes were sponsored by The Ink Pad, and held in the very spacious community room at Westbeth, an artists' residence in Greenwich Village, right off the Hudson River. We had lots of space to spread out and work.
And right outside, a beautiful spot for lunch.
Lynne's preferred surface is a humble piece of red rosin paper, the kind contractors normally use to protect floors during construction.
We cover the paper with gesso and add a great deal of texture at this point.
Then acrylic paint.
Then more texture, more color with portfolio water soluble oil pastels, ink....
Then additional collage elements, stencils, altered graphics.....
Above is the Edgar Allan Poe piece I left with on Saturday. It isn't finished (I plan to add some machine stitching and possibly some further images), but gives you a good idea of what can be done in one day with Lynne. BTW, it is a 24" square.
The following day, the theme was "A Novel Approach," and we were to choose a favorite novel and bring images with us to support our choice. Mine was Sense and Sensibility, and my work here was totally different from the Poe piece.
The background technique was the same, but my color palette was way different, and I chose to do a book rather than a painting.
Front cover:
Inner pages:
Back cover:
In May, my friend Teri and I are headed for Connecticut for an entire weekend with Lynne. Yippee!
13 comments:
Gorgeous Eileen!! I am still using what you taught us at the last retreat of Lynne's techniques and am planning on going in May also! If Jacquie and I make it in May we will have a blast with you and Pat!
Oh how COOL!!! I love your project....so much to see you could look at the piece over and over and still not take it all in!!! GREAT creation ma'am!!!
AWESOME! GORGEOUS! Wonderful work Eileen. I love what you've created.
Elaine Allen
Very interesting. I love how you used the colors! Very, very cool.
Eileen...your use of color in these is scrumptious!!!Too much fun!!!
Awesome ART you created with Lynn!
Diann
BEAUTIFUL, Eileen!!
After having you teach us this technique last March it was great fun and inspiration to see how you have continued to be the stellar artist that YOU ARE!
XXO Gina G
Sounds like fun classes Eileen!!
Your work is beautiful!!
Awesome! Was wondering how cool it really was..in May you say? Hmm...that would be cool.
Even though this style and technique aren't up my alley what you've done is very cool and interesting. Always fun to play with like-minded friends!
This looks so fabulous. I hope you are going to show me a little how-to in person.
I think the Lynne Perella technique you taught us at our retreat last year is still my all time FAV!!!! It just gave me so much freedom to just get into it and ENJOY the creative process which is what ART is all about!!! I want to do LOTS more!!!!
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