Also I have been uploading photos of my artwork onto my Etsy.com webpage : http://www.etsy.com/shop/DianaKSharp I am looking forward to having this be the place to order prints, objects, cards and original artworks. Wish me luck!!
Well, it's been awhile since I blogged last. I guess that intense rush to make the deadline for the jury took a lot out of me. I was optimistic, yet not overly disappointed in the result. Somehow though, a recuperation period seemed in order. I have been continuing to work on my miniature theatre, but was sidetracked for awhile into thinking about another shadow box. I was supported to create a box based on family images - viewers of the shadow box said they could see their own lives in something like that! I did start work with images from my childhood, and journalled about childhood, too. Then I decided it is too much to make one art in the shadow box, and then replicate it in the miniature theatre in order to be able to take proper photos of it. I have since started on a different direction, working on them both in tandem. Right now, I have the basic images for the theatre done, in b/w to save on ink costs. I have chosen images and worked out the scale. Now, I'm almost done with the shadow box, too. I'm presently working on one of the characters. I realize I have chosen her because she reminds me of myself as a child. I'll post pics soon!
Also I have been uploading photos of my artwork onto my Etsy.com webpage : http://www.etsy.com/shop/DianaKSharp I am looking forward to having this be the place to order prints, objects, cards and original artworks. Wish me luck!!
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I took my shadow box to the jury process, today. It's those last minute things that need extra attention that I hadn't really considered that make the final day a bit of a blur - touching up the paint on the frame, fastening a back onto the box, wiring it to hang up........ The jury volunteers decided it is in the 3D category, though I thought because it hangs on the wall it would be "artwork under glass". My lovely sis-in-law is picking it up from the jury process, on Wednesday for me. I won't know for a couple of weeks whether it and my painting, "The Watcher", have been accepted for the show in October. Here's a couple of pictures of it finished and also framed. I am currently continuing work on my latest shadow box, which I showed you the creative process, in an earlier blog. This is the picture of it in its first final stage. Now I'm working on bringing more texture to it, and changing the images somewhat to bring more character into the first draft.
I've been busy working on my first shadow box. I wanted to show you the process that I've gone through so far. I have so many images collected, that I just start looking through my files. I was attracted to these images from a magazine of these girls and used photos of my own from a local garden to start my process. |
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