What's in a Name

Been busy painting and creating mixed media pieces.

This first one below was done on a 16 by 20 canvas board

that I've had for awhile. 

I initially covered it with old dress pattern tissue paper.

Then I decided to cover it with torn music sheets.

After that I added watercolor washes.

It all bubbled up when it was dry,

so I  ironed it.

Yes, you heard right,

I ironed it flat. 

It worked pretty good.

Then I used more watercolor,

acrylics, collage,

and watercolor pencils

I don't have a title for this one yet,

it is not finished....

feels like it still needs some tweaking a bit....

maybe a quote or some flowers or

some background work or......?

The piece below is like a forest floor,

with many layers....

and is done on watercolor paper.

First I gessoed the paper to give it texture. 

Then,

I used watercolor, acrylics, collage,

oil pastels, stamps, and stencils.

To add texture I put crumbled up saran wrap

on the wet watercolor layer.

I put plexiglass glass on top of that,

with weights (many books) on top of the whole thing...

until it was dry.

Gives a great look!

I added some runs to the top of this, as I have seen that done

in many works of art and love the look.

No title for this one either...not yet.

Do you find it hard to know when a piece is finished?

Do you have a difficult time giving your art titles?

Savor the Day!

Yvonne