It's Friday again,
and this has been a busy week for me. Normally I don't have things I have to do, except housekeeping and such. So, when each day has something that I must do, it feels busy. I did find some time to play with colors though, and had much fun doing this page in my altered book.What I've used here is copies of some old work of mine, prints, rearranged them and add in some new. My old art turned new and the expression is completely changed. The background is in fact a sheet of paper I did for use in an earlier project, and before ripping it, I scanned it and now it came in handy. This is my week 5 piece in the challenge Color me Positive. The prompt was all about having big enough dreams. I changed it to one word, Dreaming.
At some point in my process I'm always photographing what I'm doing, to have a different look at it. And most times I then see things to change, so also with this one. The butterflies have too strong a color and the background need some more depth around the flowers.
I also added the word, Dreaming in a lemon yellow color to give a bit more warmth to it. Notice how the small addition of the same color beneath the flowers makes a big difference. This is all made using water soluble medias except from white gesso. It was fun and fairly quick done, and you know, cutting and gluing just like in kinder garden. Fun!
Linking to Paint Party Friday, have fun everyone.
Good to see how you made new art out of old and the process. Happy PPF, hugs, Valerie
ReplyDeleteBeautiful ♥
ReplyDeleteHave a happy weekend.
This is a wonderful page, especially since you were able to find a new use for an old piece. It is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteLaila, how creative of you to find new art from the old! The finished piece is very beautiful. I really like the addition of the yellow. I would never have imagined what a difference that would make.
ReplyDeletelove the end result!
ReplyDeleteI love that you used old art to make new art. And I like the butterflies just the way they are!
ReplyDeleteVery fresh and loved seeing the steps!
ReplyDeleteI like how you altered it to look better, although the first painting was lovely too. Using old art to make new is always fun. It's very attractive with the many butterflies.
ReplyDeleteThis is a lovely piece Laila!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty Laila!! I love how this turned out!!
ReplyDeleteHugs Giggles
I love the background peeking through with cursive and book text. The flowers are wonderful colors with the ink outlines. Love!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful colors and design this week. For someone who was busy you made a very rich piece. It looks like you worked weeks on this! Happy weekend.
ReplyDeleteLove seeing the subtle differences between the 2. The changes you added really make it perfect!
ReplyDeleteRepurposed art! I love it! And very pretty too! Have a nice weekend! xo
ReplyDeleteThe is so pretty. I like the way it all lays with depth.
ReplyDeleteSuper idea and great colours
ReplyDeleteNew from old. Great idea and very useful too.
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting my blog and for the lovely comment.