A Tropical Paradise

I completed my Gelli Deli Bird Collage from yesterday.  It looks like a tropical paradise to me!

I started my project by gluing random book pages to a canvas board:

Next, I added stencils with acrylic paint and rubber stamps using Royal Purple StazOn ink.

Then I glued torn bits of my own patterned paper:

I created my own stencils and cut out circles, leaves and birds from my gelli-printed deli paper and glued it down:

Repeat with more torn paper – this time I used pages from an old Shorthand book; added a little more acrylic paint and rubber stamps:

I added another layer of gelli-printed deli paper and a few more dabs of paint:

Then to finish my piece, I outlined the deli printed shapes with a black watercolor pencil, wetting it with a brush and smearing it with my finger:

And it’s complete!

I learned some of these techniques by taking an online class with Lynn Whipple, called “The Joy of Collage.”

http://www.carlasonheim.com/the-joy-of-collage-with-lynn-whipple/