Watercolor Transfer Prints

For this project, we started off by choosing two of our favorite previous projects,  cropped them, and then printed them out. Next, we did the most fun part and watercolor painted a rectangle piece of watercolor paper.  Once our paint dried, we began the actual printing process. Cutting our picture, we left a 1/2 to 1 inch border of the white paper around the image. After that, we applied mod podge to to the front side of the paper then placed it face down onto the watercolor paper.

The next step was using the squeegee to smooth out the picture and remove all bubbles and imperfections. This process required us to bevery careful becuase we couldn't get any mod podge on the back of our image. After the mod podge dried, we used water to wet the back of the image and then started rubbing it to move the white paper which left behind the ink on our water color paper. After rubbing off the barest hint of white paper, the transfer print was complete.

This project was a fun and interesting experience for me. For me, the most difficult part was choosing what image to use. I had several pretty good projcts but I ended up settling with the panorama project. I thought I did a very good job with figuring the most effective and efficient way to rub off the paper. All in all, I really enjoyed learning how to use old print making methods to create a cool end result.

Pop art

We began the pop art project by taking pictures of our partner. After choosing an ideal spot in the courtyard, I took several shots of my partner, Ava, and then uploaded the best into photoshop to begin the editing process. After studying the picture, I added a filter over Ava's body. This gave it some cool texture that really contributed to the overall "pop art" look. Next, I colored each individual brick on the brick wall background different colors. This pop of color really spoke for itself when it came to being pop art.  

Going into this project, I didn't have any initial design ideas or color scheme ideas. I liked pink and orange so I did end up incorporating them into my work but that was my only idea. I ended up using many bright colors such as pink, orange, and bright blue. 


My work was probably inspired most by Roy Liechtenstein's work. He used dots and bright colors to show simplicity and yet, also complexity at the same time which was what I was going for. 

This was a very interesting and new type of project. I had to use different techniques then what I enjoy and am used to using. I learned a lot throughout this experience and project. Filters now are easily located when I need one and there are so many different brushes that I can use. This was a very cool project and helped me broaden my comfort zone.