This is an assemblage / found object canvas I made recently.
I start off by priming the canvas in black. Then using a bunch of e6000 glue I glue on the first round of random bits and let dry. I paint those bits in black. and then repeat until I think it looks “done”.
Then I will keep adding thin layers of black and metallic paint until I think the piece is finished. This time the metallic colors I used were copper and chartreuse.
I save all kinds of random bits and now people I know have started saving me their random bits. And I save old paintbrushes, broken scissors, etc. I have enough stuff to make a bunch of canvases,
That is so darn cool, thank you for the closeups! I like how it’s sort of “Where’s Waldo”, you know? I’m searching for all the bits everytime I look & I keep seeing more hidden things. So cool.
This looks really neat! I’m curious, do you arrange all the pieces before gluing them down, or is it like a ‘it ends up however it ends up’ type of art? The placement is so well done!
I think it’s really interesting that in the end you only see the outlines, so any colours and writing etc that might be on the items are removed, I think that makes this really interesting that way, having to guess what certain things are etc. Great job
AIMR
(Linda -In the year 2025, I am happy to be alive! :us:)
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Thanks for your “jump in and do it” attitude and technique!
I am definitely going to do this to use up all of the odd things I have kept for years…I can see how you can use a lot of different color schemes…I do like your layered painting a lot.
