P1/2 I altered a photo of ivy leaves to try and introduce more tone. I know this is something I'm not too good at, it's all a bit hit and miss, so it was a good exercise for me and I don't think I've done too badly. For the black and white photo I simply drew with black and white inks after gessoing the background. For the coloured one I used Inktense pencils and my new Sharpie markers. I do like using both of these, so does my granddaughter, it's lovely when they get a bit older and can be trusted with special things.
P3 I then played with one of my ivy leaf drawings, changing colours etc. The purple and green are a bit wishy washy but I think the yellow tissue background gives a bit of lift.
P4/5. I printed the original drawing on tissue and played with the results. I like the torn pieces better than the cut circles, but then I do like rough edges, and am also quite pleased with the weaving. I printed onto white tissue then painted before weaving. It was something of a fiddle, getting them to match, but it worked.
P6 This was more fun, distorting my painting. Here are just a couple of the things I tried using Adobe Photoshop Elements. It's amazing how the picture can quickly become unrecognisable.
P7. I took photos of shadows and chose one to print out to make a verge. It came out rather pale so photographed the finished picture against black, the black is not actually stuck on. Then I made a template to draw round to make the 'real' grass. All a bit of a challenge but I like the idea. If I did it again I would cut the shadows out of black or dark grey. (Shame the printer made a big black line across the photo.)
P8/9/10 Not sure about the next few pictures, maybe gates or other regular shapes would have worked better. To me, the sheep's wool on the stick is a lovely photo ruined! with each pair of photos, one is a straight swap, the other mixed up. I liked the change of colours photos but feel tearing them just made a mess! Can't see me using this idea much, should have tried just chopping and changing one photo as I've quite liked that when I've done it, like with my mask picture. (M5)
P11. Lots of signs seen round the village made into a collage, with some of my printing. Could be the starting point of the cover?
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