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Sunday, October 16, 2011

"Theory in Practical Format" Corel PhotoPaint - Corel PSP Pro X3

Theory in Practical Format

I began this digital collage, "Theory in Practical Format," with old magazine cuttings and some art work that I had done. I also included an Art Deco floral piece that I got from Edouard Benedictus' Art Deco Designs plate book.

I scanned in the cuttings and used the largest piece for the background. I used Corel's PhotoPaint to assemble the collage. I used feathering on some of the objects, and some opacity settings, for fitting the  dark color scheme.

I did the Warhol like cubist self-portrait partially in CorelDRAW, quite a long time ago when I worked at a finance company. The girl is from a portrait of my Daughter and the man is a freehand sketch painting both from some time ago.

I found it a refreshing way to use these pieces in a new and unusual setting. I added the matting in Corel's PSP Pro X3 and saved the large file. I then resized to display here.

Listening --- Peter Frampton --- I'm In You

2 comments:

  1. Past and present has always something to do to each other. We have great technology today because of the discoveries that had happened before.

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  2. Thank you for your observations! Tech today is amazing!

    Kirk

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