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ursulav — A Paltry Affair
Published: 2010-11-30 16:00:39 +0000 UTC; Views: 15062; Favourites: 859; Downloads: 205
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My collage-y neurosis eventually gave way to this. I dunno about the framing elements, but I had a lot of fun with the bird (an eastern phoebe) which is painted on wet-media acetate. It’s kind of a neat surface once you get used to it–I used Pitt pens for most of it, and since there’s very little adherence, I kept pushing the pigment around with the pens. So eventually I put the pens around and pulled out the needle tool I used on Sculpey years back (seriously, one of the most useful things you can have around the studio) and did a scratchboard style technique to across the bird’s back and to pick up the highlights on the branch. Really like the effect, and will probably fool with it again (and anyway, I bought a pad of a dozen sheets…)Although now that I think of it, the bird’s tail should be a bit longer. It looks more like a flycatcher like this. Damnit.
Anyway, 8 x 8 mixed media, prints available at Red Wombat Studio [link] as usual, and the original is for sale–-drop a line if interested, etc!
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Comments: 49
Indeed, a poultry affair.
(long time fan, compulsive smartass)
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What brand of acetate do you use? I would love to try this, but I've never heard of this and I can't find anywhere in NZ that sells it.
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I keep coming back to this one, and I'm not sure why I hadn't +faved it yet. It's really appealing to me.
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this is so beautiful, i really want to do something like that
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Great detail on the bird. It looks really good.
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I love this! If I had a place for him (or her?) in my house I would buy a print. Maybe if I design a room around it....
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Phoebes are little BAMFs. They're the ninjas of the sky.
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I love birds so much. this is a wonderful portrait.
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Beautiful. I love that there is so much going on, but the overall effect keeps its harmony. It would have been so easy to leave just the bird with minimal color and texture. But the gorgeous sunrise colors in the border give it a wonderful winter-into-spring feel. Lovely!
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I'd never noticed the wrong length of the tail! XD
Love the red tones under the blue!
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I loved the way you mixed the framing with the central part. The bird is also great.
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I knew right away you had an Eastern Phoebe in your beautiful collage. We have them on our land and they make nests in a few places on our house every year. It's not every day I recognize an overlooked species like this one, so I was pleasantly surprised when I saw this. Well done.
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I just have to say that I love a person who identifies the species of bird they're drawing/painting/photographing. I'm a bird nut, and it's frustrating to me to see some cool bird that doesn't live on my continent, so I can't even search for it.
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The framing and textures on this are lovely!
The back feathers look especially good!
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How precious! I love the colors and designs you used.
Is an Eastern Phoebe the same as a Black Phoebe, btw? Because those are good luck
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-pointpoint- A phoebe! I knew it was a phoebe! I knew because I see them everywhere and I named one Bach when I was nine or something.
PHOEBE. >8D
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Seriously, though. I positively love this picture. The background designs really make it stand out, and that border. Stunning. The way the branch keeps running through it is really, really cool.
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I love the textures and line-work. Really nice.
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Hey, I LIKE the frame! Very neat colors to contrast with that bird... And his textures are really awesome, too :3
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wow that's beautiful, i love all the details and textures. Very nice ^_^
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Haha! I was right! It IS a Phoebe! Very cool collagey style.
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This is a really nice piece! I love the black and white image in the center and the colors and patterns chosen for the outside. Neat stuff!
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Lovely!
And I have to agree with the needle tool statement: I use mine all the time in an amazingly wide variety of artistic endeavors.
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pretty cool!! I do like the framing and the bird is lovely !!! nice use of patterns!!!
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Gorgeous, I love all the colors and patterns you used in the "frame", it's beautiful!
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This sort of picture would make a very cool magnet!
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...Oh God these are like my favourite birds. ;; Love you EVEN MORE now. I saw the thumbnail and I was all "...phoebe? 8D PHOEBE."
<3 Great job!
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I really like the framing element that you added to this. The bright colors and patterns really bring more focus to the bird while still allowing your eye to move about. I hope you do more of these, they're really neat to look at. Maybe when and if I get money I'll buy one of these off of you.
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