I'm back in town and totally jet lagged! Can't wait to share some photos — but I've got hundreds of e-mails! Eeeek! Please be patient if you've written recently! In the meantime, here's a post I hope you'll enjoy….
Sometimes I'm in the zone and I can get the image in my head to translate to the paint and paper in front of me. Sometimes not.
Today is a not.
The Prima design team gals were challenged to scrap a photo of another girl on the team (randomly assigned). I drew the lovely and talented Stacy Cohen.
Here is as far as my first attempt got me:
I had a lot of fun putting together the patterned paper "shingles"…
…but then there wasn't anywhere to go from there. I couldn't figure out how to get flowers and crystals and all that good stuff onto the page. So I decided to move on. I printed a smaller version of the photo and ended up with this:
Pretty background, but the photo is just sitting there. Let's try to integrate it a bit more.
Better. But something is still off.
What is it? Something about her black hair is so intense….
Hmmm, let's try changing the border color and adding a few watercolor droplets.
Better.
It's still not quite what I wanted it to be, but much, much better.
What's missing?
Well, journaling is missing. But the assignment was no journaling. Hmmmm…aha! I need something on the right to balance the left.
Urgh! Now it's jut so busy and messy and…sigh. I mean, the page is full of fun techniques:
I painted a few of the felt pieces with gesso and then watercolor. You can see that the edge of the photo also got a colorful edge.
The flower was created from layers of paper flowers painted and folded. The tag is a scrap of packaging.
But techniques are not enough. I poked and prodded and tired lots of little changes, but it just wouldn't work for me. Check out the evolution:
The little fixes just couldn't get at the bigger problem. So I decided to just go in a completely different direction.
And now I love it!
I took the single photo I had been given and cropped it interestingly to get the four photos you see on the page.
A splash of watercolor paint mixed with a big Prima crystal an pearl swirl.
I did steal the tag off of the previous failed layout.
And the colorful flowers were leftover from the previous failed attempt as well. Painted with gesso and watercolor paints.
It took me a few tries. I had to just throw out my original ideas, but I'm glad to say that I finally got there. Sometimes it takes a few tries.
See the whole "scrap someone else" post from Prima here.
Thanks for stopping by!
love how your last page turns out!! I think I’m going to try more watercolor writing:)
Caroline
love how your last page turns out!! I think I’m going to try more watercolor writing:)
Caroline
love how your last page turns out!! I think I’m going to try more watercolor writing:)
Caroline
love how your last page turns out!! I think I’m going to try more watercolor writing:)
Caroline
Ha! It’s great to see I’m not alone in scrapping entire layouts and using the photos differently. Sometimes, I actually hate what I’ve done and take it apart. Other times, I’m just not happy and stare at it for days before taking it apart.
Love the backgrounds you created in the first two and can’t wait to see what you do with them :o)
Ha! It’s great to see I’m not alone in scrapping entire layouts and using the photos differently. Sometimes, I actually hate what I’ve done and take it apart. Other times, I’m just not happy and stare at it for days before taking it apart.
Love the backgrounds you created in the first two and can’t wait to see what you do with them :o)
Ha! It’s great to see I’m not alone in scrapping entire layouts and using the photos differently. Sometimes, I actually hate what I’ve done and take it apart. Other times, I’m just not happy and stare at it for days before taking it apart.
Love the backgrounds you created in the first two and can’t wait to see what you do with them :o)
Ha! It’s great to see I’m not alone in scrapping entire layouts and using the photos differently. Sometimes, I actually hate what I’ve done and take it apart. Other times, I’m just not happy and stare at it for days before taking it apart.
Love the backgrounds you created in the first two and can’t wait to see what you do with them :o)
I love it, too! Beautimous!
I love it, too! Beautimous!
I love it, too! Beautimous!
I love it, too! Beautimous!
I love the last LO and how you used some cropped photos of her smile. I enjoy seeing how the process works for you and what you do when it doesn’t work.
I love the last LO and how you used some cropped photos of her smile. I enjoy seeing how the process works for you and what you do when it doesn’t work.
I love the last LO and how you used some cropped photos of her smile. I enjoy seeing how the process works for you and what you do when it doesn’t work.
I love the last LO and how you used some cropped photos of her smile. I enjoy seeing how the process works for you and what you do when it doesn’t work.
This is magnificent!! Holy camolli!! I have to say, the second layout REALLY knocks my socks off. Anything with watercolor-y style makes me very happy 🙂 So glad you had a safe trip.
This is magnificent!! Holy camolli!! I have to say, the second layout REALLY knocks my socks off. Anything with watercolor-y style makes me very happy 🙂 So glad you had a safe trip.
This is magnificent!! Holy camolli!! I have to say, the second layout REALLY knocks my socks off. Anything with watercolor-y style makes me very happy 🙂 So glad you had a safe trip.
This is magnificent!! Holy camolli!! I have to say, the second layout REALLY knocks my socks off. Anything with watercolor-y style makes me very happy 🙂 So glad you had a safe trip.
Oh WOW! I think the other layouts could have been great too… you did like a whole bunch of layouts that look great…amazing!
Oh WOW! I think the other layouts could have been great too… you did like a whole bunch of layouts that look great…amazing!
Oh WOW! I think the other layouts could have been great too… you did like a whole bunch of layouts that look great…amazing!
Oh WOW! I think the other layouts could have been great too… you did like a whole bunch of layouts that look great…amazing!
welcome home! we missed u but enjoyed all the posts in the meantime.
so fascinating to see your process. it was also quite enlightening to see someone i admire so much go through the same things us non-pros do with art.
i have that same feeling sometimes……i can’t always put it into words and don’t know which design principle i’m missing, i just know when it’s not right. sometimes i can fix it and sometimes i come back to it, and sometimes i call it good and move on!
welcome home! we missed u but enjoyed all the posts in the meantime.
so fascinating to see your process. it was also quite enlightening to see someone i admire so much go through the same things us non-pros do with art.
i have that same feeling sometimes……i can’t always put it into words and don’t know which design principle i’m missing, i just know when it’s not right. sometimes i can fix it and sometimes i come back to it, and sometimes i call it good and move on!
welcome home! we missed u but enjoyed all the posts in the meantime.
so fascinating to see your process. it was also quite enlightening to see someone i admire so much go through the same things us non-pros do with art.
i have that same feeling sometimes……i can’t always put it into words and don’t know which design principle i’m missing, i just know when it’s not right. sometimes i can fix it and sometimes i come back to it, and sometimes i call it good and move on!
welcome home! we missed u but enjoyed all the posts in the meantime.
so fascinating to see your process. it was also quite enlightening to see someone i admire so much go through the same things us non-pros do with art.
i have that same feeling sometimes……i can’t always put it into words and don’t know which design principle i’m missing, i just know when it’s not right. sometimes i can fix it and sometimes i come back to it, and sometimes i call it good and move on!
Welcome home Julie! I just love seeing your creative process. I think we all go through the same thing. Often what I “see” in my head when I start a project is not what I end up with in the end. But that’s one of the many things that make it fun. I loved how you cropped and reprinted the picture from different perspectives. It added so much to the LO!
Welcome home Julie! I just love seeing your creative process. I think we all go through the same thing. Often what I “see” in my head when I start a project is not what I end up with in the end. But that’s one of the many things that make it fun. I loved how you cropped and reprinted the picture from different perspectives. It added so much to the LO!
Welcome home Julie! I just love seeing your creative process. I think we all go through the same thing. Often what I “see” in my head when I start a project is not what I end up with in the end. But that’s one of the many things that make it fun. I loved how you cropped and reprinted the picture from different perspectives. It added so much to the LO!
Welcome home Julie! I just love seeing your creative process. I think we all go through the same thing. Often what I “see” in my head when I start a project is not what I end up with in the end. But that’s one of the many things that make it fun. I loved how you cropped and reprinted the picture from different perspectives. It added so much to the LO!
Yes, Welcome home and so love that you have shared your process even the misses that I am sure will go on to become hits. And this will serve as a reminder to myself not to be so hard on myself when it happens to me. Thanks!
Yes, Welcome home and so love that you have shared your process even the misses that I am sure will go on to become hits. And this will serve as a reminder to myself not to be so hard on myself when it happens to me. Thanks!
Yes, Welcome home and so love that you have shared your process even the misses that I am sure will go on to become hits. And this will serve as a reminder to myself not to be so hard on myself when it happens to me. Thanks!
Yes, Welcome home and so love that you have shared your process even the misses that I am sure will go on to become hits. And this will serve as a reminder to myself not to be so hard on myself when it happens to me. Thanks!
WOW!!! i think your others trys are beautiful as well, but i love the final layout
xo
WOW!!! i think your others trys are beautiful as well, but i love the final layout
xo
WOW!!! i think your others trys are beautiful as well, but i love the final layout
xo
WOW!!! i think your others trys are beautiful as well, but i love the final layout
xo
so very cool
so very cool
so very cool
so very cool
Glad you made it home safe and sound Julie!
Love your evolution of a page. The process can be fascinating!
Glad you made it home safe and sound Julie!
Love your evolution of a page. The process can be fascinating!
Glad you made it home safe and sound Julie!
Love your evolution of a page. The process can be fascinating!
Glad you made it home safe and sound Julie!
Love your evolution of a page. The process can be fascinating!
what an awesome post to read – i love the peek into your process!
what an awesome post to read – i love the peek into your process!
what an awesome post to read – i love the peek into your process!
what an awesome post to read – i love the peek into your process!
Glad to see that someone I look up to artistically doesn’t always get it perfect the first time either! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Glad to see that someone I look up to artistically doesn’t always get it perfect the first time either! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Glad to see that someone I look up to artistically doesn’t always get it perfect the first time either! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Glad to see that someone I look up to artistically doesn’t always get it perfect the first time either! Thanks for sharing 🙂
love seeing your design process!
love seeing your design process!
love seeing your design process!
love seeing your design process!