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A quick interruption from ceramic embellishments: Over on Jen Wordens site, we are progressing thru art challenges. This is my 2nd-3rd project (I repeated the first project to properly implement what I learned).

My pears are a repetitive collage exercise, with Claudine Hellmuth. I’m having much fun and using materials and techniques I’ve never explored before. If any artist feels a little stuck out there, I recommend challenges that take you out of your comfort zone.

Go explore.

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Over on Jen Worden’s blog, a month long challenge is going on. Jen has encouraged us to pick one book to work the projects contained therein.

I picked Claudine Hellmuth’s Collage Discovery Workshop. The first project used these techniques:

Torn paper background with acrylic paint wash: very nice effect, loving it.

Image transfer: the sign language chart. I did not have success with a heat transfer, but used the gel medium, then remove paper method. Still loving it.

I deviated here and drew an outline of my deaf cat. Still loving it.

Peeling paint technique: now I’ve made a mess of things. Not Claudine’s fault. She states to use a lot of petroleum jelly. Clearly I did not; it seemed like enough. Still, all-in-all a great learning experience. I tried techniques quite foreign to me and I know what I did wrong.

So what should have been Deaf Cat, is Blob Collage.

I’m hoping I do better in the next round.

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