Below is this week’s homework for a challenging class I’m taking, making “out of the box” versions of the same image over and over. The assignment was “texture,” and my process was a lot crazier (and more complex) than the ink on rice paper version last week. My steps are explained under the painting.
(1) Traced the image in pen on watercolor paper. (2) Covered most of the image with gesso; dried overnight. (3) Applied watercolor paint and water-soluble crayons to most of image, which stuck unevenly because the gesso has a lot of texture. (4) Applied more gesso (which, when wet, is like glue) over shirts, applied blue tissue paper. (5) When dry, scraped off most of tissue paper with a putty knife.. (6) Applied glitter glue to hair.
