Trying new things

 

For me, vacation is the perfect time to explore creative pursuits. Today I tried something new...

Mr. Lincoln

A happy President's Day from Virginia (where we are finally getting some snow!) This ephemera-filled collage portrait of Lincoln from the lobby of Ford's Theater in Washington, DC is one of my faves ... can you spot the Harper's Weekly, an old envelope, tintypes and various old photos? Genius!

Create a Paper Collage Fox in 7 Easy Steps!

Step 1 | Draw a fox

Step 2 | Trace drawing onto tracing paper, cut out and use as a pattern to create shapes on your base paper. Cut out base shapes.

Step 3 | Select scraps of paper in a unified color theme (I chose shades of orange), cut into smaller pieces and glue onto base shapes. (It's ok if the pieces extend beyond the edges)

Step 4 | Trim any overhanging pieces back to the base shape when you're done collaging. I decided the papers I chose conflicted too much, so I applied a light coat of white paint to unify them (note the difference between the body above and the tail below)

Step 5 | Cut out cheeks and tail tip from a light-colored paper and attach. Cut out legs from a contrasting dark-colored paper and attach. Reassamble body and glue to background (I glued right over my original drawing; I like how some of the pencil marks are still visible) 

Step 6 | Draw eyes; cut out and attach a small circle for the nose and two triangles for the inside of the ears. I outlined the cheeks with pencil.

Step 7 | Sit back and admire your darling new fox friend!

Snow day journaling

Love a snow day, especially when I can sit inside and play in my journal...

Drawing...

Collaging paper leaves...