Saturday 26 October 2013

Collage-work and Faces

Welcome to the Party, or did I miss it? It's Saturday already!
I want to begin with a thank you to last week's visitors, who commented. It seems like you enjoyed the visit as much as I did enjoy to put up the blog post :-)

This week I have worked over some pieces I have done earlier, but didn't quite like or just hadn't finished. I also did some pieces, where I combined collage and painting. I think collaging has an interesting effect on a painting.

Starting with the new from old, the first three pieces are works in progress:


I cut the couple out of a newspaper-photo. They stood in front of an old guesthouse. I think it was from the 50'ies or 60'ies, putting them together with the bird to create some humour. I'll have to think up something to bring it all together.


This background is one of the favorite results of the past week's work!


Work in progress,  a caterpillar - bird mimicry :-)


And the last piece of the reworked art series: a portrait that I hadn't quite liked. I painted over her with white acrylic and found a photo to sketch after to give her a better expression. Then I added acrylics to the background and the blue hues to the hair. 


This combination of collage and painting fits in with the above pieces, the only difference is that it is all new. I'm not quite sure if I should add anything to it???


The above face is painted and drawn on a canvas (20x20 cm)
I also collaged different kinds of paper scraps to the background.


And at last a parrot on a canvas board. It is also 20x20 cm and it is cheap and a great alternative to canvases for teaching art in schools I think. It is really solid and gives the impression you have something of quality at hand.

Thank you to Eva and Kristin for hosting Paint Party Friday!
And for the paper art shared on Paper Saturdays!




17 comments:

  1. You have some great pieces here. I love that you are working on so many at the same time

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  2. It is interesting work you do to find your own style and way to express what you want. Very curious to see, how you have developed the collages and paintings. I love your faces, I am sure it will be something great them after you finished them. I missed Paint Party Friday. Have a good time with your work!

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  3. Wonderful work this week! Ups, ich bin wieder ins Englisch geglitten, bin etwas durcheinander heute! LG, Valerie

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  4. Hi iiona. This is great work. I love all your different techniques. I love them all. Nice job. Gloria....thank you.

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  5. a wonderful collection of projects Ilona! I love the one with the unicorn and angel and the glowing light between them. And the portrait below it immediately reminded me of Mona Lisa.

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  6. Wonderful collages! Love your sketched faces. :)

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  7. It is so lovely to catch with what you have done over the last month. I have so little time to visit, when life returns back to normal I am hoping to come and visit more often . Your art is just growing and growing, Fabulous!!!

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  8. Wow you have a great interesting body of work here!! Well done...the couple with the bird is quite phallic and made me giggle...I see a face above the bird in the shadows. In fact so much of your work has faces hiding in the background... Such a joy to look at!! Beautiful work!

    Hugs Giggles

    Hugs Giggles

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  9. You did a lot of work this week! It's lovely to see all your reworked pieces, and the faces are wonderful.

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  10. You have been very busy, I've been very very lazy :-D
    I love Your Unicorn and Angel. What are they discussing?
    All are very interesting paintings. I must start to paint, thank Your for enthusiasm :-)

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  11. Wow!! These are all so wonderfully unique..fascinating faces and beings...love the magical unicorn...what a visual dreamy journey you have shared! Beautiful and stunning works..how I love them all!!
    Victoria

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  12. That sounds like a busy week. You have such a wide range of artwork here, and all so good. I think the two portraits are my favourites, particularly the first one that you re-worked. Always a pleasure visiting your blog.

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  13. You have been busy - your work is lovely. I often collage and paint together - I just love how the 2 elements work together and I love texture.

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  14. These are all so great, you have such style! I love that white face and collaged background, very special!

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  15. There is such a feeling of serenity in all your work. My favorite this week is the portrait of the young lady. Blessings!

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  16. OMG Ilona, ein Feuerwerk and genialen Kunstwerken, auch wenn sie noch nicht beendet sind z, T, so sind sie nicht minder interessant....Ich liebe das erste besonders, man meint, gleich würde etwas passieren ;) sehr lustig...und Dein überarbeitetes Portrait mit den blauen Haaren...sehr interessante Linien...ganz grossartig!!! ♥ Conny
    Piaroms Art Journaling

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  17. Tremendous artwork Ilona you are getting so good at this. I love all your pieces! ManonX

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