It Doesn’t Always Work
If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you know I like to experiment with a variety of techniques and materials. This is great fun and it generally works well. But every now and then I just end up with a dud. Like this.
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Can you say “ugly?” Really. It’s okay. Go ahead and say it.
As you can see, I stopped short of completing this piece. The best parts? The little flecks of light peach, white, and blue peeking through. But these are the parts of the old sample I was trying to cover! Not a good sign.
The lower 2/3 of this collage is almost entirely one fabric. And that was my inspiration. I thought I could cut up this wonderful fabric and rearrange it to look like a garden. No such luck.
But, it’s no biggie. I had a lot of fun putting this together. The fact that it’s not successful doesn’t really bother me. I’ll just paint/gesso over it and start on the next thing. Plus, I know that I learn from every project, no matter the result.
So, on to the next thing.
Ellen Lindner
Ellen, you can’t imagine how happy I was to see that I am not the only one that has ugly mistakes at some points!
Thanks for the post.
Chris
That’s brave of you to post your uglies! BTW it wasn’t that bad! Your online class looks terrific!
Hey Chris and Roxane,
When writing a blog, it sure is easy to post a glossy version of art and life. After all, you guys want to see my GOOD stuff, right? But, I didn’t want anyone to get the idea that all my ideas work. They don’t. So, I’m glad you got encouragement from my mistake.
(Roxane, you’re kind, but this thing is pretty bad!)