Monday 24 September 2012

A little bird told me....

When I saw the topic from Three Muses for this week, I knew exactly what I wanted to do.

There were so many different layers that I won't go into them all here.  The paper is standard card stock with a coat of gesso to stop it buckling and pilling with the water and glues.
The first layer of paint is Golden Liquid Acrylics in white, red and yellow (heavy blending and then stippled to give texture).  Then I attached some old paper and started to apply the various layers.  Finally spraying with a gold mica spray! phew...
Sing birdie sing!

 Once I finished the background, I cut the bird and cage from the same card stock as the background but the scroll to hold the cage is a Tim Holtz grunge paper element.

I gave the cage and the scroll a distress treatment to make them look like tarnished metal.
I coloured the bird with Shabby Shutters distress ink and then splashed him with water (you can't see the lovely colour variations well in the pics.  The eye of the bird is a dot of black enamel from Ranger.

You can see the tarnished metal effect better on the scroll work.  I also over heated it to make the under layer of paint bubble a little, this makes it look like the metal is corroding under the outer surface.

I've just noticed that the bird and cage is Tim Holtz and the quote is Lou Holtz - It's a Holtz collaboration :)

I made a video and for once loaded in time and can be found here.  Approx 10 mins long

17 comments:

  1. Hello à nouveau Liz , j'aime beaucoup la relief de votre collage ! mais il faut peut être ouvrir la cage à l'oiseau !:-)
    bonne journée !Mary.kg

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  2. Amazing creation, love the warm color and how you combined all together.
    Hugs Anja

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  3. Wow! What an amazing piece of art Liz! It's fantastic! xx

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  4. Gorgeous, love the techniques you have used, Liz!

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  5. Liz, this is amazing! I would love to see this in person as it must be just glowing golden. Fabulous!xx

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  6. I admire your artwork Liz!
    The result is awesome!

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  7. The more I look at your work, the more I want to mix it up a bit and get my hands on the paper. I have been doing digital for so long, that it is a wonderful inspiration to see what you do. Thanks for sharing.

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  8. This is simply awesome Liz the cage looks like real metal so beautiful...Excellent!

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  9. i´m sure it is even more gorgeous in person! wonderful glow of your artwork!

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  10. You always create such wonderful pieces! Truly a beautiful piece of art.

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  11. Great work , beautiful collage !

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  12. As a digital artist myself, I am always in awe of an artist who creates mixed media, and this is art at its best. You rock, my friend.

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  13. Liz, this is so beautifully made. Your cage and scroll look just like metal. Wow, you are good!

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  14. love the shine on the background , sounds like you had lots of fun making this. wonderful quote too

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  15. You've taken one of my favorite quotes and illustrated it in beautiful fashion. Thank you for sharing your talents!!

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Thanks for taking the time to leave me a comment, I really appreciate it - Liz