Embroidered Collage

I had much greater success this time!  I think it is most likely due to the print paper I used, although I haven't gone back and checked yet.  For all three of these I drew on 140 lb Strathmore Imperial watercolor paper of different finishes with Aquarelle water soluble crayons.  Then I ran a piece of Hosho student grade paper under a thin stream of water until it was soaked and blotted it out in a few paper towels.  I laid the paper, which at this point was essentially translucent, down on the drawing and brayered over it, then carefully peeled it up.  I ended up with very nice transfer.  Then, I took a watercolor brush to the original drawing and finished the painting.

The first one I tried I used my fingers instead of a brayer and started pilling and pulling up parts of the paper.  It is still reasonably intact, but doesn't look quite right.  And I tore the paper a little bit on the third one, so I need a little more practice on technique.

The images were on Rough, Cold Press, and Hot Press paper, from the top down respectively.  I could definitely notice a difference in how the crayon went on, and thus what the final print looked like.  The rough paper picked it up primarily on the ridges and the hot press allowed a more even application.  Since I took a brush to the original drawing, that piece didn't show the effect as much.  As they were all effective, I think it will simply be a matter of preferred effect and availability in the future.

More experimentation to come. :)