I recently posted ATC Fun about my fun with artist trading cards. I had just participated in a monthly card exchange Art Swap #37, Iconic Toys Theme sponsored by Grumbacher - Official Fan Page on Facebook. The subject was 'Iconic Toys' which was great since I use dolls and toys a lot in my artwork. The next month the subject was 'Pop Art' and I didn't have an idea for that one so skipped it.
This last exchange was Art Swap #39, Monochromatic Theme. I thought about it for a couple of weeks and came up with something. I have been getting some awesome photographs of the moon lately and decided to use one of them. Since night seems to turn everything monochromatic (one colour), I figured they were right for this project. You can see some of the moon images in my last post Show and Tell: Celestia.
One thing I like about ATC's is they make it easy to experiment with mixed media on a small scale. Great for figuring out what works (or not) without a lot of wasted material.
I was curious to see how iron-on transfer paper (that was made for fabric) would work on paper. Happy to report that it works great! With my computer and inkjet printer, I scaled and printed several images of my moon photo on an iron-on sheet. (I made sure to reverse the image first so that it would look right when applied. I cut them out and used a hot clothes iron to press onto the paper. I did the background with watercolour pencils and a little water.
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| Sheet with multiple reversed images |
I made a few cards
and sent the best one to the Art Swap #39, Monochromatic Theme.
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