okay. so i decided to start experimenting with the coffee idea. and i've learned a few things:
1) coffee stains (duh. that's what i was counting on)
2) in order to "paint" with the coffee, i'm going to have to brew several different kinds of brews and test putting different amounts of water in each. oh! and i'm thinking i will also experiment with french press and machine.
3) adding used grounds to cold water does not work. it's a mess.
4) adding dry grounds to wet coffee stain makes a mess.
5) this project, if indeed i decide to do the coffee thing, is going to be messy, and it's going to smell great.
6) after experimenting with painting with coffee, i decided to start the dry method, where i paint with glue in the areas i want dark, then sift the dry grounds over the piece. THIS LOOKS SO COOL.
7) to make some areas with the coffee grounds less dark, i blow hard on the areas i want a "medium" tone, and some of the grounds get blown off so the color is less dramatic.
ok, i have some questions that i would like to muse to the class.
#1 is this idea worth going after? it's not that hard... but i'm pretty sure it won't be that durable so i might have to take pictures of them and use the giclees as my final pieces.
#2 does anyone know of any great art glue that i can try out? i was using elmers for this project, it worked GREAT but i might want to go a little more professional if i really decide to do this.
#3 my experiment is on crappy paper, but i'm thinking.... watercolor paper? yes?
here are some pics from my experiment, it's not finished and i might scrap this one and start over now that i have a better idea of what i'm doing.... and this little guy will probably make it into the project at some point anyways. he was one of the orphans last summer, three years old, absolutely precious... took a pee on the side of the road once. funny story, ask me about it sometime;)
gotta love a workstation in the kitchen.... you get SNACKS while you paint!!!! (haha, just kidding. no food around art work, no no no. bad..... unless you're painting with food!)
here's the unfinished project, totally for experimentation and all. coffee stains are really light, the hair and lines are coffee grounds sifted over the glue, and the cheek shadow is where i blew the coffee grounds off a bit.
feel free to help a girl out with advice and criticism.... and let me know if this idea is just totally stupid.
1) coffee stains (duh. that's what i was counting on)
2) in order to "paint" with the coffee, i'm going to have to brew several different kinds of brews and test putting different amounts of water in each. oh! and i'm thinking i will also experiment with french press and machine.
3) adding used grounds to cold water does not work. it's a mess.
4) adding dry grounds to wet coffee stain makes a mess.
5) this project, if indeed i decide to do the coffee thing, is going to be messy, and it's going to smell great.
6) after experimenting with painting with coffee, i decided to start the dry method, where i paint with glue in the areas i want dark, then sift the dry grounds over the piece. THIS LOOKS SO COOL.
7) to make some areas with the coffee grounds less dark, i blow hard on the areas i want a "medium" tone, and some of the grounds get blown off so the color is less dramatic.
ok, i have some questions that i would like to muse to the class.
#1 is this idea worth going after? it's not that hard... but i'm pretty sure it won't be that durable so i might have to take pictures of them and use the giclees as my final pieces.
#2 does anyone know of any great art glue that i can try out? i was using elmers for this project, it worked GREAT but i might want to go a little more professional if i really decide to do this.
#3 my experiment is on crappy paper, but i'm thinking.... watercolor paper? yes?
here are some pics from my experiment, it's not finished and i might scrap this one and start over now that i have a better idea of what i'm doing.... and this little guy will probably make it into the project at some point anyways. he was one of the orphans last summer, three years old, absolutely precious... took a pee on the side of the road once. funny story, ask me about it sometime;)
gotta love a workstation in the kitchen.... you get SNACKS while you paint!!!! (haha, just kidding. no food around art work, no no no. bad..... unless you're painting with food!)
here's the unfinished project, totally for experimentation and all. coffee stains are really light, the hair and lines are coffee grounds sifted over the glue, and the cheek shadow is where i blew the coffee grounds off a bit.
feel free to help a girl out with advice and criticism.... and let me know if this idea is just totally stupid.
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