Ahhh – the smell of Citrasolv was in the air yesterday afternoon. Brushed onto the pages of National Geographic magazine, it never fails to turn photographs into otherworldly abstract patterns. When strips and scraps of this paper are combined, magic happens!
No matter how many times I teach this workshop, the results are fabulous – fresh, original and intriguing. Here’s a short video of the workshop participants creating their outstanding work in yesterday’s Small Worlds: Abstract Landscapes and Altered Paper gathering (If you can’t see the video, click here):
Lyn Belisle Workshop: Altered Paper Collage from Lyn Belisle on Vimeo.
Each person chose one of his or her works to mat, and here are their favorites:
Wally
Mackenzie
Claire
Jan
Pamela
Linda
I taught a comprehensive version of this class at Artful Gathering several summers ago, and the DVD is available here.
There are also a number of free, online resources on this technique, including this really good one from Cathy Taylor.
This is one of those simple processes that rarely fails and is a lot of fun to put together! Happy Citrasolv sniffing!
Thank you so much Lyn for sharing your knowledge and creativity with us. You made us feel comfortable, creative and showed us that we can also create beautiful things!
I am looking forward to attend some of your future workshops.
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