merry cox : art & design

because color has power grace & magic......
should i do representable art or? ...do this instead
head out on an adventure...
color is a language...
color can be my focus...
make some marks
mark making can shape the essence of the work
• mark making leaves a visible trace or impression on a surface.
• loose, gestural, controlled, neat,
textural, orderly, wandering.
• marks can be used to explore
language, convey emotion.
• lines, dots, patterns, textures, combinations
Explore color
Elementum
Urna lacus laoreet curabitur gravida arcu maecenas aliquam etiam erat velit scelerisque maecenas.
fold the paper
Odio tempor
Ornare arcu odio ut nulla pharetra diam. Odio tempor dapibus ultrices in iaculis adipiscing lorem.
make zines & pages for books
Vel quam
A iaculis erat pellentesque adipiscing. Luctus venenatis lectus magna fringilla porttitor rhoncus.
wax paper, India ink, colored pencil
random masks on Gelli plate...
Paynes gray acrylic over the masks....
removed masks...
printed.
then the fun begins...
infilled with colored pencil

Salida Studio tour
September 27-28, 10am - 5pm
come see what I am working on
Come trade with me

one rubber stamp,
3 different colored pencils
simple but fun
Salida Tales
using objects to print on a Gelli Plate
Paynes gray on gelli plate...
Shirt pressed onto plate...
then used colored pencils..
& a bit of computer magic


crows
mixed up media
Blank book cover made with used packaging, random acrylic colors added along with rubber stamping
of the squiggle & the birds
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