A fun way to use your old paintings:
First, cut up your painting into 3" or 2" squares. I did 3". Don't be too precious, trying to save some small part that you like. You want to be able to look at each piece like a new painting. (This picture started life as a woman fishing at night. ) When we do this in class, we are going to combine all our pieces, using bits of our own and bits of others' paintings.
Pick out the ones you think go together and arrange them in a grid. I used an 11 x 14 piece of mat board, because it is sturdy enough not to buckle when gluing the pieces on.
I used some Aqua colored gouache to add some "moons", and bits of color to tie the pieces together. Then I used some stencils with gold paint in areas. I was using repetition of color and shape (from stencils) to create some unity within the piece.
When putting together your own, be aware that you will use some element to repeat to pull the artwork together. It might be color, a shape, an object, or some texture that repeats itself.
I used a watercolor black pencil to outline all the pieces that are not black. I watered the border down some to give a softer, almost burned look, to the outline.
There is still more I can do: collage, stamp, etc.
Here is a YouTube of Lindsey, the Frugal Crafter. It is almost an hour and a half. She did a similar project, only began with a grid that she painted with watercolor and gouache first.
The video is an hour and 23 minutes, but there are some good ideas in there.
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