Challenge, Day 16: Make a unique print by cutting up a potato or sponge, and use it to stamp on a material of your choice.
All outta potatoes, on to the sponge! I don't know about you, readers, but I'm not made of money. I decided to cut a small chunk of sponge off a bigger piece so I could still use the bigger part for cleaning. As a result, I only had a small piece of sponge to work with. I know that I don't work well as a subtractive artist, so I decided to just create a piece using my small chunk of sponge as it was cut instead of trying to cut it down into a smaller and more interesting shape, or variety of shapes. I loosely mixed some red, purple, and green paint together in a tray, dipped my sponge in, and lightly covered a piece of paper with back-to-back stampings, not random stamp marks like I did before in my apple painting. Here is the result:
I love pattern and texture, especially when there's something a little "wrong" with it - the print doesn't line up, the saturation varies, etc. That organic, imperfect quality is attractive to me. However, I think it's important that craftsmanship is considered. I can't stand seeing horribly cut mattes on framed pictures!
Here's a close-up of part of the picture I made:
All outta potatoes, on to the sponge! I don't know about you, readers, but I'm not made of money. I decided to cut a small chunk of sponge off a bigger piece so I could still use the bigger part for cleaning. As a result, I only had a small piece of sponge to work with. I know that I don't work well as a subtractive artist, so I decided to just create a piece using my small chunk of sponge as it was cut instead of trying to cut it down into a smaller and more interesting shape, or variety of shapes. I loosely mixed some red, purple, and green paint together in a tray, dipped my sponge in, and lightly covered a piece of paper with back-to-back stampings, not random stamp marks like I did before in my apple painting. Here is the result:
I love pattern and texture, especially when there's something a little "wrong" with it - the print doesn't line up, the saturation varies, etc. That organic, imperfect quality is attractive to me. However, I think it's important that craftsmanship is considered. I can't stand seeing horribly cut mattes on framed pictures!
Here's a close-up of part of the picture I made:
Feeling much more energized today, and loving these longer days with more sunlight exposure.
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