Color Cat Studios: Bas Relief Lilies

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Bas Relief Lilies

Last week I purchased some Oriental lilies; they always inspire me - the fragrance alone is inspiring! Tonight I finally finished the first stage of lilies on metal. For this piece I chose a really heavy gauge of metal to get some good relief going. Next, I'll gesso the metal to a support, and once that's dry, I'll be painting it. As I'm almost out of gesso and my hand is exhausted, the next step will hopefully be Saturday. Stay tuned...

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L'AdelaideJune 25, 2011 at 5:29 PM
i've enjoyed your traveling-blog of late, and turkey too? wow, how lucky are you!

i would love to know HOW you are doing this and what metal this is... you must not mean leaf but actual metal...? i saw the previous post and hoped you would elaborate then too xxx
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UnknownJune 27, 2011 at 12:01 PM
Hi, Linda, I often use one called ArtEmboss. It comes on a roll about 12" x 4' for about $12.00. Usually I order if from Texas Art Supply, but I've noticed that Dick Blick, I think Jerry's Art a Rama and others have it as well. For my students, I use a pretty thin gauge (it comes in different gauges, or thicknesses). For myself, I use a heavier gauge. For these lilies, the gauge was much heavier and I got a 9x12 INCH piece for probably about $12.00.
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Another look at those natural color-sources. I asked about cochineal, because you couldn't just have that on a shelf, and yes, their deep reds are cochineal. It's a South American insect that is a parasite to the prickly pear. Owners deposit them into their fields, and blow them off and collect them once they're big. Then they crush their fat, bloody bodies for a nice, natural, red dye. I'm so happy to report that the rug we purchased has cochineal in it. I'm also happy to report that it's likely in your lipstick and blush, ladies, and if you drink cherry coke - it's in there, too! :)

'My' Chair

At our theatre the other night we had an orchestra meeting after I taught my sets class. After about a half hour, someone pulled me out of the meeting for a few minutes. When I came back, everyone in the room was laughing and pointing to the nice, uh, black leather chair. I had paint on the back of my shirt, and it permanently smeared all over the leather! The last time I went in the office, I noticed that someone had taped up the sign you see here. One way to lay claim to something! Well, it's not the first time, let's see, there's my driveway with many colors of paint, our carpet with Peter Pan green footprints, my car with yellow paint on the seat, my gloves, half of my clothes. It seems like everyone likes my painted clothes, kind of like already-broken-in-jeans. Maybe I should start a clothing line!

Color Cat Studios

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Bas Relief Lilies

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I snapped this cool photo in a sewing shop.

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