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Saturday Morning Collage Art

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jacey.boldart3 K5 months agoPeakD5 min read
It's a nice Saturday morning here. It has gotten down into the upper 50s or low 60s a couple of nights recently, giving a small hint of the fall that is coming. The days are still getting into the upper 80s and I'm sure the weather will waffle around a lot over the next month or more before it settles (if it goes like average), so the hot weather is not about to be over yet.
Did you think that since I haven't posted any of my art in almost two weeks that I wasn't playing in it every day now? You silly ! I play in it every day in some way, whether I post it or not. What?? You weren't thinking about me at all !? .... ha ha.... ok,ok... I understand.
I made some new collage papers last week. It was a lot of fun as always, so this week I have created a few small pieces with some of those papers.
On this one, I put the background on night before last, the orange/red and the center white'ish piece. I almost thought I was going to leave it that simple, but last night it asked me to give it an ornament, so I played around with different bits of paper, different colors and decided on what you see here, the teal/blue/green circle'ish thing and an orange/white orb in the center. The tail'ish part came after. I was satisfied in the end.
Something I found interesting just now was that I had posted this in a collage group I have recently joined and I had said something similar to my first statement above, only I had also added that I had noticed as I opened the blinds in the morning over the last week or more, that the rising sun had changed location in the morning sky, so I knew some weather changes would soon follow. One person who kindly liked and commented said she loved my description and what I had created, as if I had created this with that morning, sun rising, weather changing statement, as what had inspired me to make this. I pondered that a moment and if you really thought that and looked at the piece in detail, maybe you could find a way to apply that, fall color, offset circle in the middle, split paper like looking through the blinds. They thought I had created something from how I was experiencing life.... but for real, if that observation prompted this creation, it was totally subliminal. :) It was fun to see it through someone else's thoughts.

https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/jacey.boldart/23tSaS1qQ3i8bX89U1CquhFW1TXwMFDW3WSdtUZ5YArx9hJ9UhGMb6Sp3M2NP46omZKo4.jpg

Even when I painted, I never felt the pressure or need to name every piece I created, although there have been a few pieces that reminded me of something, so I just called them THAT.... unofficially of course. I don't know if that is weird from someone that paints or creates decorative pieces or not. I had to ponder it a minute or two when someone else suggested a name for another piece I had posted. I almost didn't know how to respond. I took it in the nicest way, but somehow couldn't say "ok, I'll call it that" ...LOL...

https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/jacey.boldart/Ep7tgfg5Dz2GxxXwbLQP5crva4npKaBg2i9v9yiddndL3V2ckBzL9FfMb4MhtUgfV7S.jpg

I am posting one more piece that has majorly orange/red tones. I don't like it as good as the above, but it's still pretty balanced and has good colors. I meant for it to be simpler and thought it was finished a time or two, but later I would go back and my eyes would tell me it just wasn't quite right, so last night I added a few small ornaments to hopefully make it more finished. It's easy to over do pieces. The line of when to "quit" .... is sometimes quite blurry.

https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/jacey.boldart/23uFaXMo3wo5sQchXc7PzsohPwrLnWjdFvzP5E57dqJsGw37yJNFZEgtVqT3yciLDGwys.jpg

There is something about the shape of the yellow background piece on the upper right that didn't appeal to me exactly. Of course it's too late after it is glued and dried, unless you want to try to do something over it. Anyway, I added a few bits to hopefully make other parts draw away the focus. I think it is about as done as I can make it at this point.

https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/jacey.boldart/23xp4Q4niPfJ1j3QesPSskdEqaaEovUF9BgxzosKmJFk9WZ8pAbRed4uRR8HyaMFJdGdp.jpg

Ok... I am about done for this morning since it is now after noon. 😂
Today the plan is to cook a pork roast and some kind of beans in the broth of it after it is done. I also "think" I am going to try my hand at a sweet potato pudding that is not really like "pudding" as I normally think of it, but it was in my Great Grandmother's recipe file and my sister tried it and shared a month or more ago and I liked it. Now it's my turn to see if I can make it. It called for as "optional" some cinnamon and also optional nutmeg and my sister only used the nutmeg. That is what I plan to do as well. I'm sure I'd love it with either or both, but somehow nutmeg has jumped to my favorite spice over cinnamon in the last couple of years. We'll see how it all comes out, if I get off my duff and get in the kitchen and make it happen.
I hope you are all enjoying your weekend so far.
Love you ! Mean it !
Jacey

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