Embellished Eco Printed Paper

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I finally got all the eco prints that I embellished scanned in to the computer. Although these look the same size, some are 5″ x 7″ and some are 4″ x 6″. The smaller ones are the ones that I have signed. I did frame the smaller ones but I couldn’t get good photos with the prints in the frames. So I took them all out and scanned them in to the computer.

I really like adding a bit of color to the natural leaf print colors. And the black outlines seems to make the leaves pop. Now to get some frames for the 5″ x 7″ ones. And I still have some even bigger ones that I haven’t embellished yet.

Purple Carrots Print

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I was busy this weekend with University of Montana Grizzly Football and Homecoming. I am not an alumni but it is still a fun weekend. Didn’t get much fiber art done except for making the usual felted cat toys during the two hour car trip down to Missoula.

Purple Carrots

I have framed a bunch of my eco prints that I embellished. I took photos of all 6 but the only photo that turned out was this one. This is the purple carrots print, I added Tombow pen, watercolors and colored pencil. I will try again on the photos of the others and post them later.

Mexican Leaves Collage

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This is a piece that I started working on during our recent retreat. I used a color scheme that I saw many times on our visit to Mexico. I also used some ephemera (taxi receipts) from our trip. I glued down the ephemera and scraps of paper to 6″ x 6″ canvases and then added color. I also used a variety of torn gelatin plate printed papers that I created on the retreat.  Then I decided to add the leaf motifs after I got home. I made acrylic skins with pouring medium to create the black outlines. I hadn’t tried that before and would definitely make them thinner next time.

Artwork by Ruth Lane

Here are all three of them together.

The color scheme is not one I would normally use but I really enjoyed using these bright, saturated colors.

Artwork by Ruth Lane

They are on the deeper canvases and were great fun to play with in this smaller size. That way I didn’t feel too intimidated like I do when I try to use a bigger canvas. I have tons more paper to use up so I think I will try some more mixed media collages like this. Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by!

Embellished Eco Prints

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Here are a few of the eco prints on paper that I did at the retreat last weekend. I added some embellishment with black pen and Tombow colored pens.

I gave these as a small memento to the other group members. I like how the color really changes the look of the eco prints.

Art Retreat

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I have been packing all week to go to an art retreat this weekend with my local surface design group. I think I packed the entire house.

Retreat Stuff

Here’s part of the stuff I’m taking. We are going to be doing eco printing and then I’m going to do some gelatin plate printing and some painting/mixed media/collage type stuff. We will be at a lodge that isn’t heated and it’s been a bit cold here so I’ve got lots of layers to keep warm.

Car packed and ready to go

Here’s the car packed up and ready to go. You can’t really see how much stuff is in there but I am bringing some firewood. I’ll take lots of photos (if I remember in the midst of all that creating) and show you what we did when I get back. Have a great weekend.