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Wednesday 6 April 2011

Faces of the Orient


This is a small canvas I have made for the Geishas Challenge at Gingersnap Creations.  

I started by painting the canvas with gesso (as it started life as a picture of a camper van!).  I used gel medium to apply oriental paper to the background and once this was dry, I used acrylic paint in layers to build up the colours to match my main photograph.

I printed the monochrome geisha image onto a transparency and painted the other image with Croco basecoat to seal it.   The temple was made using a stamped image onto Ten Second Studio metal.  I used other oriental stamps and completed the canvas with some K&Co lanterns.

(Images courtesy of http://www.art-e-zine.co.uk/vie4jap.html)

8 comments:

  1. So very different. I love it ...caught my eye straightaway. I struggled with this one. Well done you - you have done the theme wonderfully!

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  2. sorry 'bout busting your eardrums with my blog music this morning! This is one masterpiece you've created for today's challenge reveal!

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  3. I just loved this collage, all the different images and then that fabulous 3d lantern across the top. Great piece. take care, gerri.

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  4. Beautiful collage with so many images all working fantastically together.

    Marie

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  5. A fabulous collage, so many different elements to look at. x

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  6. Wow! This came out fabulous, Alexa! Love the lanterns too!

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  7. i love the little lanterns and the temple. it's so creative...

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