I recognized early on that this piece had too much going on. Too many colors, shapes and textures.
But I didn't care, because it was an experiment with trying different techniques.
I haven't figured out how to bring the solvent ink shapes into my stitched watercolors. I think it might be able to work with a far simpler background image.
Next time I'll keep it quieter.
But, even if this is an overboard, failed piece, I like it because I was reminded how much I love color and how much I have to be selective with it.
Time to get back to playing.
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| Planets of Durham, stitched watercolor, 2014. |
But I didn't care, because it was an experiment with trying different techniques.
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| Detail of textures. |
I haven't figured out how to bring the solvent ink shapes into my stitched watercolors. I think it might be able to work with a far simpler background image.
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| First go around of planets. |
Next time I'll keep it quieter.
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| I experimented with solvent ink hexagons. |
But, even if this is an overboard, failed piece, I like it because I was reminded how much I love color and how much I have to be selective with it.
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| Too much going on, but it was a fun learning process. |
Time to get back to playing.