Mini Canvas'

3x5 inch gessoed canvas with an alcohol transferred image.

Second coat of gesso, this time over the image transfer.  Once the gesso is dry I'll paint an image to go with the carrot.

Image Transfer Workshop and Faux Polaroid Transfers

 

The image transfer workshop went off without any glitches today and fun was had by all!  Some of the transparencies were slick on both sides, the Staples Transparencies (I didn't purchase these so have no idea which ones they were as I didn't see the orignal packaging).  When the students printed onto the Staples transparencies it had a really runny effect and at first glance looked like a Polaroid Transfer.  The image above was one printed off by a student, since she had the original photo (of an angel in one of the local cemetaries) she sent this sample home with me!  Needless to say I'll be making a stop at Staples tomorrow to see about purchasing some of those transparencies as the achieved effect was really exciting.

Image Transfers - Hand Sanitizer Method

I have to say by and large I love love the hand sanitizer method over the CitraSolv (concentrate) method and for one reason - it doesn't stink to high heaven like the CitraSolv does!  Hence no instant migraines. 

Soooo thank you to everyone on the Image Transfer List for discovering and then discussing the hand sanitizer technique!  This is a terrific technique to use that is quick and works everytime, just one more to add to my growing library of image transfers - yes this is a longggggggggggg way from the acetone transfers I was doing back in the early 90's!

Off to paint some papers, do more transfers using paint, my favorite method of all because of the serendipity of the technique, and assemble some books for this coming weekends workshop.

Image Transfers onto Canvas

Left: Plain cotton canvas that is untreated

Right: Mini Stretched Canvas primed with Gesso

Two words:  Colossal Failure!

Image Transfer onto Fabric

Image Transfer using the hand sanitizer method on fabric.

While the transfer was ok, it's a tad bit blurry, I'm thinking this would be a great technique to use with bold lines and less detail.  The transfer onto canvas was NOT successful in my mind as it was a  big blurry blob with no details.

Gel Medium Image Transfer

Ginko Leaf Image Transfer onto cotton canvas using Liquidtex Gel Medium and HP Transparency Sheets.

Image Transfer Workshop Prep

WIP - Samples of journal covers students will be making in the Image Transfer Workshop that I'm teaching on the 27th.  I used Tsukineko All Purpose inks to paint the canvas duck with and wrote on the canvas using the Zig Opaque Writers (Millenium).

Image Transfer Workshop

Image Transfer Workshop

When: March 27th 12:00-3:00 pm
Where: Fisher Art Center, Marshalltown, IA

What:  Students will learn some simple image transfer and photo emulsion techniques.

Students will create a simple journal using these techniques.