Mama Cormier

…. my journey to a healthy life, making new memories and so much more

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – Birds

Posted on February 20, 2018 by Mama Cormier

….thanks Cee for hosting the Fun Foto Challenge

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365 Days of Art – Ramblin Rosie

Posted on February 18, 2018 by Mama Cormier

…..day 49

I was inspired to do another collage character today. My granddaughter seemed to really like my first one so I decided to try my hand at another one. This time a dog came forward when I started to lay out my random pieces of paper. Then I decided that the dog could be running so I made the ears fly back and the leash would also be sans owner and flying in the wind as well. Here is the process that I went through before committing to my final picture.

For my final draft I added a tongue and some line detail around the eyes.

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Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge – Feb. 16, 2018

Posted on February 18, 2018 by Mama Cormier

….thanks to Cee for hosting the Which Way Photo Challenge

Today my husband and I went for a walk at the Rattray Marsh Conservation Area in Mississauga. The boardwalk, pathways and signs were perfect for the Which Way Photo Challenge.

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Sunday Trees – 327

Posted on February 18, 2018 by Mama Cormier

…..thanks to Becca Givens for hosting Sunday Trees

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Same tree. I just couldn’t get it all into one frame.

Silent Sunday – February 18, 2018

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365 Days of Art – Collage Character

Posted on February 17, 2018 by Mama Cormier

…..day 48

In Carla Sonheim’s class today we were instructed to take some of our art papers and with our eyes closed cut out random shapes. Then we were to create a character of our choice. We weren’t suppose to have a character in mind when doing the cutting. Instead the character would appear as we tried to arrange some to the shapes.

Gluing the pieces down was the last step in the process. As we created a character Carla recommended taking a photograph of each version and move the pieces around until you came up with a character you liked.

I found one piece of paper that looked like bird legs running so I build my character around that. Here is the process that I went through before gluing my final character in place.

On my final piece I grounded my little roadrunner with a strip of ground and put a cloud over her head. To me she looked like she was running off to a party.

Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge – Chilled

Posted on February 16, 2018 by Mama Cormier

…..thanks to Cee for hosting the Black and White Photo Challenge

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365 Days of Art – Strips

Posted on February 16, 2018 by Mama Cormier

….day 47 and week 7

I’m a little behind with my collage art so I’ve posted two assignments back to back. This week’s assignment was to take two different images and cut them into thin strips of equal size and alternate them to create a new image.

For my first one I had two different images of snakes and for the second one I used an image of a tulip and one of my art papers that had similar colours.

365 Days of Art – Image Pairings

Posted on February 16, 2018 by Mama Cormier

…..day 46 and week six

I’ve returned to work on some more of the 50 creative exercises from Randel Plowman’s book The Collage Workbook. Evelyn Flint and her sister, Carolyn, have challenged themselves to work on one exercise each week and I’ve decided to join them in their challenge.

For week six we were instructed to take an image and cut it into two pieces and create two different collages. I found an image of a Joan Baez and Bob Dylan poster that I used for my two collages this week.