Here's the final piece I just turned over for the "Gift of Water" art show at ER Gallery. I'll be at the April 16th reception, and you're invited to attend if you're near Kenmore, WA. I'll post more details on the reception later.
Art Piece
I used actual papyrus for the surrounding mat. It's attached and I consider it an integral part of the piece.
The glittery bits within "water" really are 23 karat gold. I managed to spill some of the gilding medium (used under the gold), too. Fortunately, I was able to clean up most of the mess though I'm not sure it really came out out of my jeans, which are currently being run through the laundry.
The background colors are Daniel Smith acrylics, which I needed to be waterproof so I could use regular watercolors, gouache, and walnut ink over them for the writing and papyrus image.
Special thanks goes to my instructor, Kathy Barker, for helping me with the final composition. I had initially had one with more height and less width to match the frame I was going to use. Kathy persuaded me to use all the elements in my original but narrow the image. It clearly improved the final result, but also meant I had to go and get an entirely different frame.
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