Embroidered Collage

The concept of edges stuck with me after this chapter in Finding Your Visual Voice, although more as a question than an answer.  I'd read about lost and sharp edges and what's in between in regard to realistic painting, but had never thought about the effect that they might have on my mixed media works.  Looking back, I mix them for effect, but now I'll be aware that I'm thinking about it.

Overall I didn't find too much new here, although I asked myself the questions.  Much of this I had worked out already.  I need to do some little bits or the bigger works overwhelm me.  I can do some sketching out ahead of time, but too much and I lose interest in compleing the work.  The questions about painting medium did not really apply.

Of all the parts this was the one most geared to actual painting.  Previously I blogged about other parts of Finding Your Visual Voice, beginning with an overall book review and followed by chapters on Inspiration and Subject Matter and Art Elements and Composition.