It gives me a chance to show you this canvas which I have been toiling over for weeks now.
It has had a little bit of digital fiddling thanks to pic-monkey to enhance the tones and fit in with the colour prompt.
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| colour prompt |
This is how it began a few weeks back.
Inspired by this wonderful view of Staffin bay on the Isle of Skye.
I had lots of fun dribbling paint, and used less collage pieces than I normally do, concentrating on making the paint work on its own, letting it run and flow using acrylic flow enhancers.
The rocks are made from pieces of citrasolv papers, which I collaged onto the painted canvas and then protected with acrylic medium. I often look at the papers and think how much they remind me of pebbles.
And this is the painting in its true colours, a little more muted.
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| 'The Island' Acrylic, collage |
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WOW, WOW, WOW this is really beautiful, love how you have used the citrisolv papers to create the pebbles. I am in awe... :-) xxx
ReplyDeleteYour collage painting is absolutely gorgeous! The stones are my favourite part as well. I really must look into if I can find an equivalent for Citrasolv here in Finland. I've been following your posts on the theme and would love to try!
ReplyDeletethis turned out wonderful! Fun to see your beautiful inspiration and the way it all came together for you.
ReplyDeleteLovely Morag - the citrasolv papers work so well collaged as stones. Love the Island too!
ReplyDeleteThis is magical!
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful! I love the rocks! What a great idea :)
ReplyDeleteWow. Initially before I started reading I wondered how on earth you'd completed this gorgeous piece so quickly for today's soc prompt then it all became clear! This is really beautiful. I love how you did the pebbles-stunning.
ReplyDeleteI love it! The rocks are amazing, good use of the paper. I like the water too.
ReplyDeleteMorag this is beautiful and has such a peaceful calm feeling to it. Your pebbles are lovely and colourful, you have such a way with colours and textures to bring things alive! That sea is so relaxing to gaze at, sublime!
ReplyDeleteA gorgeous canvas Morag. The initial blue looks like it was a lot of fun, letting it run free and I agree about the papers looking like pebbles. I love finding speckled pebbles on the beach :D
ReplyDeleteI really like your layers. Great colors.
ReplyDeleteglorious contribution this week - love those rocks!!
ReplyDeleteSome gorgeous art!!
ReplyDeleteI've NEVER had my citrasolv papers look this beautiful. I think they are lovely, and really DO look like rocks and pebbles. I'm also impressed with the paint and your use of it. This is a gorgeous canvas!
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ReplyDeleteA great piece for SOC. I love both versions.
ReplyDeleteHI knidred..what a beautiful and captivating piece...the rocks closeup are exquisite! I am soaking up the color magic shining through...wonderful!
ReplyDeleteLove the way you have used those SoC colors! And thanks for stopping by my blog to say HELLO! : )
ReplyDeleteI love your art, and it's always exciting to come visiting to see what you've made. Your Island is breathtaking. I love the colors in both versions, and how fun to see how it all came togrther. Beautiful, as always.
ReplyDeleteWow! Let me spell that backwards; it's still woW!!! This is a beautiful piece of art.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful interpretation! I´ve once visited Skye a long time ago. I can still remember how inspiring it was. Eric
ReplyDeleteI LOVE it! Valerie
ReplyDeleteThis is GORGEOUS. All the texture you got into an otherwise minimalist composition is so great!
ReplyDeleteTOTALLY AWESOME!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous painting Morag! I love the citrasolv pebbles. I like both colour schemes - it looks like one could have been during the day and the other at sunset. Lovely!
ReplyDeleteThe whole picture is amazing but I think I love the pebbles best...they're just so....PEBBLY!! The texture really works, doesn't it? Love it :-)
ReplyDeleteHugs, LLJ 21 xx
I love this, and beautiful rocks!
ReplyDeleteOh yes, I like the way you have made the pebbles too, how creative and effective. I also like the diagonal lines in the sky which show up best in the SOC colours picture. Your final painting is lovely, it is beautiful how you have painted the sea..
ReplyDeleteWOW! I absolutely love what you did with this week's colors. Your inspiration photo is wonderful in and of itself, and your work of art really stands out! I love it!!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a creative piece. I also say Wow!
ReplyDeleteI am new here but I did manage to get something up on my page.
I love this! its so calming!!
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