Tag: collage

Apr 15

Mandala Monoprints

By Kater in Art, Printmaking

These are two more of my mandala monoprints. You’ve seen this radially symmetrical pattern a lot if you’ve been keeping up with my posts and pins, simply because it’s one of my favorite stencils. I put away the gel plate for a while and started on a new project. I tend to jump between projects, …

collage, gel monoprint, mandala, monoprint, stencil

Apr 13

Good Birds, Bad Birds

By Kater in Art, drawing, Postcard

The owls were obviously meant to be part of a collage, since I drew them on opposite sides of the paper so I could maximize the resist. But they are so busy that the resist pattern doesn’t add much. Also, I find owls hard to draw sometimes. Their faces don’t lend themselves well to it, …

birds, collage, drawing, ink, lovebirds, owls, postcard, resist, wash

Mar 09

Rainbow Oriole

By Kater in alternart, Art, collage, Postcard, Printmaking

acrylic, collage, drawing, ink, monoprint, oriole, sponge wedge, wash

Mar 02

Clock Face, Ant Face

By Kater in alternart, Art, collage

Four more bottlecaps. I especially love the one with the woman’s face and the ant in it. I took the clock face from a watch I wore a long time ago. I used to love those watches in which the moon moved past the field.

ant face, bottlecap, clock face, collage, magnet, mylar, peacock, renaissance painting, resin

Feb 26

Blackbird on Golden Field

By Kater in Art, collage, Postcard

I think this is my favorite one. I drew the blackbird on more of Tim Holz’s textured paper, this one brown kraft paper with ruled lines on it like a schoolbook. I drew it and inked it in and cut it out and pasted it onto the rather mediocre monoprint of gold on the florentine …

acrylic, blackbird, collage, fairy tale, gel monoprint, golden, monoprinting