Little Jo - Birthday Girl
I happened upon part of a September calendar page that's printed in two of my favorite colors. Little Jo is a happy camper. It sure didn't take long to do this little collage.. just what the on-going project is all about, to do a collage a day in 15 minutes or less. I don't get one made every day nor do I limit myself to 15 minutes some days but there've been days when I worked on five at once. I get caught up with the papers, compositional challenges, and the process of doing them and time simply flies.
I love that about art, how time flies by on the good days.
Stamp Carving
I'm not much of a football fan but I do enjoy the Super Bowl commercials. So when we were invited to a potluck Sunday afternoon I made up a little stamp carving kit: rubber carving blocks cut to size (the white ones like erasers), my carving tools, and a list of words. I transfered some of the words ahead of time using acetone on the toner copy and used a pencil to transfer others. I did watch much of the game, and found myself carving through some of the commercials. Some of the stamps have a word on each side. I have a project in mind for the stamps which is why the words have a similar theme.
Jo I love this collage. It is so appealing to me, the colors, the simple images, numbers, birds and of course little Jo. and even the smudge of white/cream paint in the upper right corner...
ReplyDeletethe stamps are great, whatcha have in mind?? :)
I have never made the eraser stamps-I'm impressed with your results. And little Jo just showed up again! This series must be so satisfying to look at all lined up.
ReplyDeleteBoy, you really studied this one, Mary, and liked it. Thanks. As for what I'm planning for the stamps, I think it'll be a journal page and maybe something more finished if that works out.
ReplyDeleteYes, Marge, I'm really enjoying seeing the Little Jo's all lined up. They could be a small book someday but for now I keep the latest propped up on a small easel on my desk so I can see it frequently and have another smile.
Surprised that one of your favorite colors is Longhorn Red....
ReplyDeleteLove the birds on a wire, one of my favorite images, colors are great too!
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