Note to self – read and reread the info/application submission form. When I reread before submitting, it seems you are required to enter two to this Art Call. Two for thirty dollars… oddly the info reads $20 for the first submission. $10 for each additional artwork. Minimum two submissions required. I was going to submit one because I dislike paying entry fees. Sigh… Well, I have started on a 10×10 gallery wrapped canvas but not sure I want to pay $30 for two entries as I have to ship/pay for return ship if selected.
Well as I said – read and reread the instructions and follow them exactly when you submit to any Art Call.
So here is what I did for my 10×10 entries:
Background first - building layers of thin layers/washes of acrylic. I don’t dilute with water but use Flow Aid
I use only golden paints. Adhered the lace with a gel.
Alost finished - I was working late into the "morning" and didn't take many photos like I did with the second piece that I made. A little more touch up and - fini
Zen Resonance (C) 6/2013
second mixed media start - backgound first.
next - I adhered a square of foam core to raise the embossed metal circle. Then I adhered the circle to the foam core but wait…
I tried to use heavy paste gel to hold down the black net but… it didn’t hold the net at all. Then I pulled off the netting and scraped the gel off which took the acrylic background off. So I had to touch up the background.
Embossed metal cut with a circle cutter placed onto the foam core block and ahered with glue and brads which help hold the netting in place.
After repairing the background, I tucked the net under the disk which hadn’t fully locked into place and added brads to help hold the net down and as a decorative accent. Still need to use brads to attach the pink pleather squares.
trying to glue the net in place...
plastic wrap to the rescue...
Beyond Life's Veil (C)6/2013
Learned this week that neither piece was accepted. Rather a faceless process to submit and pay $30. I know when I was chair for Olympia Art League Exhibit, the judges did their best to be inclusive within parameters of technique, quality, level of ability, etc.. Not saying that every person with or without multiple submission made it in but there was an effort as venue space allowed. Time to work more on other ways to exhibit.