Monday, January 24, 2011

Using Photos of Buttons




I like to use photos of buttons in my collage, use them whole or cut them up,one cut up button here. I course I like ocmplex backgrounds, this painting has napkins in the background as well.
This painting was in a stage of horrible for a long time, there are many layers of paint and it has been sanded several times with an emery board, I will say in the past hour of work it came together and I had worked 6 hours previous, bits if the very beginning are still there. It is one of my favorite color combinations.

8 comments:

Theresa Plas said...

Really beautiful piece Em! I do love the button too - genius!

wandamarie.blogspot.com said...

oh how WONDERFUL this one is, em!! i know exactly what you went through. and then when it finally comes together like that, it's MAGIC. i think when the struggle goes on we learn so very much! she is simply BEAUTIFUL. love that button idea. i might try it too!

wandamarie.blogspot.com said...

i think we were leaving a message to one another at the same time, em! or nearly! i love when these things happen! xo

Anonymous said...

This is absolutely incredible!! LOVE!!

Diane said...

And it is beautiful. Exactly what I blogged about--don't give up on a piece--it ends up having hidden layers that make it even better!

Unknown said...

I think this is your BEST to date Emelie! Just shows ya gotta keep at it,eh? Beauty has a price sometimes. But again, really nice piece.

Anonymous said...

So pleased you kept with this, as she turned out so beautifully!

Jacqueline said...

Such a beautiful painting! I love this one!