Saturday 20 August 2011

Recycled Owls

These are the owls I promised to upload.  They are all painted on the cardboard centre that is left when the toilet roll runs out.  The lovely Monica Zuniga from Hands and Heart did a free lesson on how to recycle these and use them as a basis for art. 

Once flattened I covered with pages from an old dictionary and then painted on thinned acrylic paint. Drew the outline of the owl and then painted it. Once dry I reoutlined and did all the line work.

It's strange, but there was absolutely no pressure with these, as for some reason painting on each toilet roll holder was quite liberating, and these characters just appeared.






 

9 comments:

  1. oh what beautiful owls,, they are so cute , I see these owls on a lot of things,, these would be great framed, printed on fabric, wall paper, staionary, mugs, wow,, these would be so cool on anything,, you better market these designs..

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  2. Lovely Linda, what a gorgeous series of owls. They are brilliant. I also love how you use recycled materials. It just goes to show, you don't need a lot of money to produce beautiful art.
    I always look forward to seeing your artwork. It's always so bright and happy.
    Kyles =D

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  3. How true--you can make very cool art on anything--and it makes it even better. Love your eye for detail...Oh yeah..I can see these on mugs too!

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  4. Isn't it amazing what fabulous results come from creating when there's no pressure! These owls are fantastic...& would have NEVER guessed what materials you used!! Thanks for your kind words as always your compliments are sooo appreciated...I work with 11x14, most always :)

    xo Joanna

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  5. OWLSOME! We both have owls on our brains...Love your creations! POP ART MINIS

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  6. These are so cute! :) Love all the "feathers" :)

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  7. What a wonderful project||| A must try!!

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  8. I'm in LOVE with these! What a way to up-cycle! Have you been to LESSology yet? They would LOVE these too :)

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