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I love examining art processes<\/strong>, I find them captivating and instructive. I love peeking “behind the scenes”, trying to understand how it’s done, what the artist was thinking, what had inspired them, it’s all so interesting! When I make art, I prefer to concentrate on my work, but nowadays my camera (umm.. smartphone) is an integral part of my work, for various reasons, one of which is the fact that I enjoy shooting the different stages my work is at. Sometimes, you lose hours worth of work because you decided to use a color you don’t like, so I like to take pictures of my work in different stages, that way I can always print a picture and start over!<\/p>\n

So this is a process I had taken pictures of in my art journal, and I thought I might as well share it, since I had so many pictures of it. I think looking at someone else’s process is like peeking into their mind. Their ideas, and how they evolve. So much happens in there! I hope you enjoy this!<\/p>\n

First step – Choose an Image<\/strong><\/h1>\n


\n<\/strong>I chose an image I liked from a magazine. It seemed interesting, because of the way the image is kind of cut, made me think of Picasso’s cubist portraits, and I just glued it down in my art journal.<\/p>\n

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Step 2 – Add Gesso and Pencil Marks<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Back to the art journal. I laid down some gesso<\/a> on my paper, and traced around the image with Stabillo-All pencil<\/a>. I love this pencil because it’s so soft, and it’s water-soluble, so after tracing, I can softly go over it with some water on a brush. Later in this process, you will be able to see pictures of where I used water on these pencil marks. At this point, I looked at my image, and realized I no longer care about the two halves of the original picture. I decided to just paint one woman, with a special, quirky look.<\/p>\n

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So I added some gesso to erase one part, and then re-traced the parts that I was keeping. Note that I like to spread my gesso unevenly. I do that on purpose, because I like the texture and added interest.<\/p>\n

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Step 3<\/strong>\u00a0 – Ready to Commit!<\/h1>\n

I took another look at my woman, and decided I really like her, and am ready to commit! So I drew her out. I tried to draw realistic hands, but that wasn’t working for me, so I drew childlike fun arms, just let my imagination roll! I was very happy and enjoying my process, and had to remind myself to let go of the expectation that hands should look like hands. Nope, they can look weird, too!<\/p>\n

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At this point I had to take a break for dinner, after which I also read my daughter a book<\/a>, and in it was this beautiful drawing, which fully validated the imperfect hands I had drawn earlier! Love this!<\/p>\n

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Step 4 – Collage Papers<\/strong><\/h1>\n

I collaged some papers I had printed on the gelli plate. I love how random and colorful and interesting they are!<\/p>\n

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Here’s a small trick I really enjoy playing with. When a random piece of collage paper fits my drawing perfectly, I take the cue and go with it! So here, you can see a line on my gelli print. This line can fit in naturally with lines in my drawing!<\/p>\n

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So this is how I could glue down this piece of paper, lining that printed line with the shoulder line in my painting.<\/p>\n

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However, I ended up gluing it on the neck line. SO many possibilities!! I added some more papers.<\/p>\n

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At this stage I’m just enjoying more collage, adding paper and textures, I have no idea where this is going or what I’m doing, I’m just gluing down things that I like. It’s very random, I don’t think too much, I just use the papers I have on my table, cut and glue them. At this stage I also added water to a brush, and went over my pencil marks, activating them. You can see how they’ve become darker.<\/p>\n

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Final Stage<\/strong> – Paint!<\/h1>\n

I used acrylics and went to town! I tried lots of colors and shades, used water to dillute some, others I used straight from the tube, all the time rubbing, adding, brushing on and taking off. I was having lots of fun, so didn’t take too many pics of the process, but believe me, there are LAYERS in there! I enjoy this part of “letting go” so much! It’s really just play. I let my thoughts loose, just feeling what makes me feel good and what doesn’t.<\/p>\n

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This is what my final spread looks like. I love it, and at this point I felt that I was done. It’s my art journal, and I can always come back to these pages, but for now, my process is done. I’m happy!<\/p>\n

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I hope you enjoyed this peek into my process! If you have any questions, feel free to ask them in the comments below. Thanks for reading!<\/p>\n

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