Saturday, February 28, 2015

ART and SOLE: Calendar Challenge
March 1, 2015
Hi Blog Buddies,
This is a short posting exhibiting my answer to a challenge...one issued by Darcy Wilkinson of  the Art and Sole blog and artist extraordinaire! Each participant purchased a calendar with photos of a different piece of art for each month...art that we are to alter to Darcy's specifications. This month, (February,) we were asked to use an art technique called wax resist: using a waxy medium (like a candle or crayons) to create a design, then washing color over the design revealing the design through the color wash. I used my wax resist (done with a variety of Crayola crayons) as a background, cut out the primary two people in the art piece by Pierre-August Renoir and printed them on a transparent sheet that I then spray pasted to the background. 
Here's the original...
and here's my rendering with Darcy's required RANSOM STYLE title.
I finally scanned it and added a bit of a frame in Photoshop. C'est ca! That's it!
I look forward to seeing the work of other participants. If you'd like to see the art of others as well, check out Darcy's blog at http://art-and-sole.blogspot.com .

Thanks for checking in... 
Until soon,
Big Hugs,
abbyj

7 comments:

  1. That's gorgeous. Love the way you did it,
    Catherine x

    ReplyDelete
  2. That is so cool-I'm still getting to grips with your process though-your background had a cut out where the people used to be? and then you pasted them back into that empty space?

    ReplyDelete
  3. Wow this is so very cool, i love that layering technique, it totally brings the resist background to life... captures the feeling of the dance perfectly.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Beautifully done! I like the way it keeps the feeling of movement.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Oh wow this is super awesome, love the layering and the end result of the dancers, stunning. Happy Art :-) Kezzy xxx

    ReplyDelete
  6. Another masterpiece Abby, and thank you for being so generous with your process!

    ReplyDelete