Saanich Fair Art Entries

This is one of my most resent works. I created it for entry into the 2d Mixed Media section of the 2012 Saanich Fair. I am proud to say that it earned 3rd place and one of the first pieces of art to place in any of the competitions that I have entered. I even got a few parties interested in it. I should really look at continuing this style (which inspired by a fashion trend known as Steampunk) and see where it takes me.

For this piece, I used print outs of old newspapers as the background, then layered over it tissue paper. Then I painted the white steam with acrylic paint to add a base for the character version of myself. The character version was mainly painted with water colors then edged with black ink. Only the flesh was painted using acrylic. Then the words "of Steam", I penciled in by hand, followed by inking it in with black and silver metallic inks. I also used metallic inks on the rope, parts of clothing, hair and eyes.

My other two art entries are showed below. The drawing of my friends and I enjoying the fair placed 3rd in its category (which sold in the last few hours of the fair!), where as the metallic bird on the hat placed 2nd in the recycled art category. I'm happy with all three and I surely learned what I can improve upon. The drawing and mixed media piece are even sporting my new signature/ logo, which you can see in the blog header.