I made this for my Mom's birthday, and she loved it! She's always hounding my brother and I about having pictures made, but who wants to do that! Instead, I created her a work of art with both of us on it. I used some new techniques that I had never tried before, and they turned out great.
I started out with a photo of each of us. I dropped down to black and white and had a little fun with them in Picasa.
I already had the layout of the piece in my head so I just went to town. I started with a gallery wrapped canvas, some acrylics, Mod Podge and printouts of the photos. I gave the canvas a quick coat of yellow, not even a solid coat, I just brushed it on haphazardly and let some of the white canvas show through. I let that dry then added the photos. I found all kinds of tutorials online for various photo transfer methods, so I just followed the instructions and low and behold it worked. Then came the "artistic" part. I had to embellish and jazz it up, so I had fun with the acrylics and my brushes.
I think it turned out awesome!
Pieces in this style can be custom made using all sorts of images, colors, phrases, etc. Family members, pets, sports teams favorite singers, actors, etc. would be perfect for this style of piece. I actually see some awesome collegiate collages in the future. I can create them as big or as small as you need them.
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