Painting with Paper

The cover of the June 2011 Artist magazine displays an incredible work of art called Rare Sight, by Robin Purcell. I was inspired by this incredible watercolor and all the shades and colors within the painting. I wanted to recreate this piece of art but watercolor is not my medium of choice. I spent today painting with paper.



Here's my step by step project.

 Step One--Sketch your design

 Step Two-Chose your paper. Divide your paper into colors. It makes it easier to find the shade you desire.
I used left over scrapes from my journal covers.

 Step Three-Keep your original close at hand. You will refer to it often.

 Step Four- Block out your colors. Add as much of the background first and then concentrate on the highlights.

 Here's the picture... almost complete.

This is one of those art projects that look different from a distance verses up close. The photo on the far right is the close up. You can see each sheet of paper. From a distance, the mountain and valley come into view. This was a fun afternoon project.

Creative meets Amazing

Print, scribble, scrawl, sign, autograph; all words used to describe the end of the year activity  of capturing the special memories from school. Signing year books has been part of our scholastic year activity for as long as year books have been a part of academia. 

But what happens when you combine the practice of capturing a school year memory and the creative thoughts of an amzing woman who wants to give her two incredible daughters a speical gift?

You have my latest paper project.

Denielle Godwin, the Catering and Events Sr. Manager at the Waldorf Astoria in Park City Utah, and mother of two active and creative daughters commissioned me to make a special gift for the girls, after she saw my white on white handmade paper wall hanging.

Denielle thought that the small  sheets of handmade paper would make a unique back drop for her daughters to collect the special  thoughts of their friends and teachers at the end of the year.

I gave Denielle 25 sheets of  coral handmade paper and 25 sheets of goldenrod handmade paper, measuring 2 1/8 by 3 1/4, in size. Denielle gave the sheets to her daughters who took the paper to school and collected their special memories.

She returned the signed stationary to me and I assembled them into these notable treasures.

Friends and teachers alike enjoyed signing this special keepsake.

Close up of the creative exchange

Each sheet is joined with two loops of jute

The top loops hold the collection around several pieces of decorative spikes.



I love this project so much that my husband and I are going to create one for our home. We're going to hand write special thoughts and quotes on handmade daffodil paper. I made over 60 sheets of daffodil paper over the 4th of July weekend. I can't wait for creative to collaborate with amazing again.