Creating Fabric and Paper

I love working with paint of all types, but especially  acrylics. Many months ago, I decided to start creating my own palette for collage by painting and stamping various types of tissue, watercolor paper, handmade papers and white fabric. Of course, I started by finding books and DVD's that taught me some techniques and then took off on my own. 

Here are some samples of what I make. The pieces on the left are acrylics on Abaca tissue.Abaca is a wonderful surface--very smooth and strong--it takes repeated applications of fluid acrylics and other heavy paints and inks.  You can purchase it at art stores and online.

On days when I'm not in a creative space to work on an actual piece, I pull out the paints,inks and stencils and start messing around. 

More papers on watercolor and other artpapers here.

Sometimes, I actually end up with a piece that feels close to complete as is. 

You can see some examples of pieces that are more complete in the 26 Letters series of postings by clicking on the Works in Progress link.