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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