I recently had some mixed media art returned to me which had been featured in the July/August 2010 Somerset Studio magazine article entitled 'With One Palette'. I was thrilled to see all of these pieces again. Oh my ... who doesn't love Winnie-The-Pooh?
I had forgotten what they looked like ... swirly cut paper, painted muslin, water colored illustrations and altered tags.
What I do remember is that I did a little research to give these pieces a bit of a vintage Pooh feel, and used a color palette from the original Winnie-The-Pooh book.
Right around the time I was thinking about what to make for this article, I went and helped my mom with a book fair she had organized for an elementary school in one of the poorest neighborhoods here in southern California.
As I was sorting and stacking books, I came across this book, clearly damaged by either fire or water or both. And since I knew it was destined for the trash, I snagged it! Later that night I went into my studio and started to play with the pages and a bit of paint.
Here's what I did to make the swirly paper:
First I drew a wavy, swirly line down the book page and then cut along the line with a craft knife.
I Love the way both sides look.
Next I used gesso and a very small brush and painted just the very edge to make it pop.
Then I stitched the book text to panels of patterned card stock.
Stay tuned as I use these two panels in more Pooh inspired art!
Wow, Cynthia, so lovely! The bookmark is a cutie. So you live in Southern California. I lived there a few years ago, but I wasn't interested in crafts at that time (fortunately, otherwise I wouldn't be able to finish my dissertation!). Look, I blogged about your course here: http://quiltsareforever.blogspot.com/2011/01/abracar-o-mundo-com-as-pernas-vamos.html
The post is in Portuguese, but you can get the gist of it by looking at the photos, or, even better, if you can understand Spanish (Portuguese and Spanish are pretty much alike, but I must warn you that can be tricky sometimes).
Have a nice Sunday!
Posted by: Helena | January 16, 2011 at 05:18 AM
Thanks for sharing this! What a beautiful look that is! LOVE it.
Posted by: Onepolkadotday.blogspot.com | January 16, 2011 at 05:41 PM
Hi Cynthia,
These are beautiful! Winnie and Piglet are my absolute favorites.
Your application of color and mixed media enhances the original art, without being distracting. It is as if your additions were part of the originals all along. I adore these.
Posted by: Darcy | January 16, 2011 at 05:42 PM
I am in such awe when I see your creations! I have the set of pooh books like the one you used,thanks to a quick grab at a thrift shop! Keep designing and sharing, you are such an inspiration!
Posted by: Kathy Petrovich | January 16, 2011 at 07:45 PM
lovely...thank you much for sharing the step by step!
Posted by: donna!ee | January 17, 2011 at 04:18 AM
Piglet is my fav....and thats really all I can say because there are no words for how much I love this.
Posted by: Kris Kozak | January 17, 2011 at 05:16 PM