amanda evanston collage botanica
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Collage Botanica Diary, 11
Behind the scenes during the past three weeks: • application of tinted gesso on a previously painted birch panel; • addition of warm-color gesso followed by some neutrals;• linework in the form of quasi-asemic writing/journaling plus posca-pen leafy stem and flower shapes; • scanning for and selecting a floral arrangement photo to use as a Continue reading
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Collage Botanica Diary, 8
You want underlayer, Amanda? I’ll show you underlayer! You say, add collage, I ask, how much? You say, add more linework, use cool colors, I ask, in how many directions? how cool? You say, work in some drips, I ask, in all directions? running on top of each other? You say, time for another go-around Continue reading
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Collage Botanica Diary, 7
In a long-ago gig working in a florist’s shop, artist Amanda Evanston was tasked with receiving the wholesale deliveries of greens and flowers, unwrapping them, and stocking the walk-in cooler from which the professional florists made selections to arrange into bouquets. In my current foray into becoming a(n amateur) collage florist, I selected two photos Continue reading
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Collage Botanica Diary, 6
With tinted gesso in place, and tinted gesso applied to a second canvas now waiting in the wings, I moved on to Steps 2 and 3 in creating a rich underlayer on my first Session 2 canvas: Warm Gesso followed by Interesting Linework. A whole lotta letting go underway here as I develop a robust Continue reading
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Collage Botanica Diary, 5
Well, that was fun! Today I started Session 2, Lesson 3 of Amanda Evanston’s Collage Botanica class, feeling apprehensive about taking the first step. But!—had a great time and came away light of heart. When cleaning/decluttering/reorganizing recently, I came across a 12 x 12″ wood panel on which I’d previously started something. Probably two somethings. Continue reading
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Collage Botanica Diary, 4: Today Was the Day
I’ve been in hop-in-hop-out conversation with an 8 x 8 inch canvas for a few weeks now, but today was the day the back-and-forth resolved, and we’ve both come away enriched, exercised, and nourished, carrying some scratches and bruises but also smiling at both the joy and the down-and-dirty vulnerable work of it all. This Continue reading
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Collage Botanica Diary, 2: Rinse and Repeat
I resist the impatience and impulsiveness which would have me moving straight into lesson two in the course I’m taking, and pause instead, as recommended by Amanda, to make a second iteration of lesson one … in which, truth to tell, I think I just redirect my impatience and impulsiveness rather than resist, slapping collage Continue reading
My Story
In 2014, I grab an unexpected opportunity to paint.
To make art.
I get hooked.
In 2015 I start a blog—a diary of my life as an artist.
I post my paintings and their stories. The good, the bad, the ugly.
My compass points: bust through fear, be playful, get messy, trust my gut.
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