PINEAULT UNCOMMON ART

DRAGON FLY MAIDEN FLIGHT

Good Sunday morning:

Over the past few days I have been working on this piece,
 half of afull page spread. I have been doing pages 

that take little time but this one was different.  

My base layer was a lovely napkin I found
in my napkin stash.A nice surprise.
I am at the point where organizing 

my stash is crucial 

as I do not know what I have.

Using an undercoating of white gesso and after
separating all FOUR

layers of the napkin,  I glued it with the gesso. 

I like to crinkle it with my fingers so it gets
really "antiqued".Then let it dry.

I then took a strip of another napkin and glued that
 down on the left side so it was stronger
and provided for another

 layer giving more depth of field.  

The bird is a cutout which I outlined in
 black pencil for more

definition. I did use an apricot marker

to bring out theadjacent flower.  

Then a new speckle stencil with green color. Later

I brushed white gesso over some areas to give it more

mystery and mistiness. I brushed the gesso here and there

to do just that in other places as well.

Two more darker florals cut from a napkin added

to lower right corner. 

See why this took more time?

Finally, after finding this dragonfly cutout
(from a cover of a bookabout the famous Lalique dragonfly).
 I cut out thisprecious and put it over a piece
of abstract writing cut in a circle.

The cutout from a photo left bottom is of a butterfly and blossom which

I am not sure I would do again. But ,it has the same hues and

combined with the acrylic pieces adds another focal point.

Added, starting in lower left and coming over bottom, some

pieces of acrylic paintings I had done years ago. I have a 

lot of these and will use more in other pieces. 

Art just keeps on giving....

I very much enjoyed doing this one. I am working on what

message to place on the other panel.
 Used new techniques

and learned others.

This took my journal to a new place and

me along with it!