Monday, April 19, 2010

Laughing gull



How I love the sea gulls. This one is mounted on 20 x 24" stretcher bars. I played with an image in Photoshop Elements and created applique pieces from that. I sure enjoy the process - one that I've used in "The Ballerina",
Blue Heron, and Silent Charlie. I take the image, erase the background, go into filter and select artist:cutout and play with the numbers. I have a portrait of my son in the works - not too happy with the lips and eyes, so more work to see if I can fix the problem. If not, I'll start from scratch.

I've sent the weekend experimenting with gelatin monoprinting again. I am pleased with some of my results, others not so. But isn't that part of the learning curve!? I'll upload my favorites soon.

5 comments:

Marlene said...

Loverly boid!

Like your positive attitude as well as your art!

Vicki W said...

Very nice! I really love the texture of the background.

Createology said...

This is very textural and looks amazing. The water appears liquid. Happy creating...

Terri Stegmiller said...

Great gull!

Karen L. said...

I can almost hear this gull laughing! I love anything to do with the shore but especially the birds (and more especially Black Skimmers) And I also love the textural background. This is a wonderful piece.