Befor and After

This is the same piece and I like it both ways, it is also one of my first drawn tree...no more printed templates! I started with a painted grey canvas board, then began layering torn pieces of various fiber papers on top. I used a combination of white, greys and blues. A big part of what I do relies not only on the paper, its texture, thickness, colouring and rigidness but also how the paper reacts to the glue and uv gloss. Fiberous papers that are uneven in thickness are great for clouds not only because of the soft torn edges but also because of the way it reacts to glue/gloss. It really amps up the "visual texture" of the clouds.

Papers Used:

Stormy Sky - textured mulberry, mulberry tissue, lace paper, tissue

Ground - textured mulberry

Tree - Standard brown cardstock

Leaves - indian batik, marble paper, scrapbook paper

Techniques:

A lot of layered torn paper

drawn and handcut tree

paper punching