In the beginning I started with painted canvas boards and layered tissue on top for the background/sky. I have since switched mostly to doing paper backgrounds but think the layered tissue has its uses.
Also, in the beginning I did not draw my own trees. I generally took a picture or template of a tree on the computer and printed it onto various colours of cardstock and then handcut it. The trees shown were not hand drawn. I was disapointed by the lack of freedom it gave me and did not like being limited to printable paper. As I continued working on my projects I had more and more of a desire to start using handmade and specialty papers. This led to me discovering that I can draw - that my insecurities led me to give up at a young age. I now freehand all my trees and branches and have begun studying drawing as a way to further my own work.
Paper/Materials Used:
Background: Paint layered with tissue on canvas board
Trees: standard black cardstock
Moons: ivory textured mulberry
Snow: smooth mulberry and silk paper
oh wow those are incredible, I really like it a lot.
ReplyDeleteThanks a bunch! Appreciate you stopping by and taking the time to post! Come back anytime - these are some of my earlier works - haven't posted the newer, better stuff yet.
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