COLLABORATIVE ART WITH GINNY MARKLEY



Hi All;

A few months ago I posted about how my dear art pal, Ginny Markley, took a half-finished piece of my art and made a stunning finished masterpiece with it.  We had traded each other a partially done piece of art for the other to finish and return.  Here's the link to that post:

Ginny Markley & Joanna Grant Collaborative Art - Part I

Anyway, it's taken me this long to get time to do a blog post on Ginny's piece she sent for me to work on.

Here is what it looked like when I got it.  It's about 8" X 10".  Ginny used gelli prints and assorted collage elements to get the piece to this point.



I sat for quite a while trying to figure out what to do with this piece.  There's more pressure on you than you'd think when it's somebody else's work and you don't want to mess it up with a wrong step.  I finally just decided to dive in and not worry about that. 

I started with a bit of doodling and then used a scrap of corrugated cardboard and white acrylic paint to  make the marks you see on the left side of the piece.


Next, I added some of my gelli print flower cutouts to her dress to jazz it up a bit and legs to the little character on the right.


Then, I continued to work on the little character on the right, building up its outfit.  I also added some black outlining to her dress to make it stand out a bit more and some highlighting of the gelli print flowers.



After that, I added some doodling and a funky little collage element for her hair.  Some gold metallic acrylic paint went into the background near her right hand.  Her bracelet got a facelift too.


Then, I stenciled some hearts in purple and red Silks (shimmery acrylics).  They  "hang" from some recycled scrapbooking sticker doodads. 


Next, I added some funky flowers to the lower left, using reclaimed scrapbooking doodads and some checkerboard paper for the stems.  She also got a groovy necklace (more reclaimed scrapbooking supplies).  


Lastly, I added a funky border to the top of the piece, along with some collage elements on the left (blue and white squares).  The quote was the very last thing to be added.


This was a very fun project to do with Ginny, even though it took me a few months to actually complete it.  I'm glad she was so patient with me.  If you'd like to see more of Ginny's wonderful work, you can find her blog here.

Playing With Paint - Ginny Markley

I hope you enjoyed seeing the process this collaborative piece went through from start to finish.

Cheers, my friends!
Joanna









7 comments:

Unknown said...

I love the end result. Congratulations to both of you. I am now following your blog through my Word Press Reader. I love reading about the process people go through in their creations.

Unknown said...

WOW!!! This is gorgeous!! I know Ginny Markley, we live a mile apart form one another and she is a fabulous artist, and an even more fabulous friend! I'm very lucky to know here and wish I saw her more often. Beautiful work ladies!

lizmaynz said...

I love that you showed us step by step so cool to see the piece come to life awesome thank you :D

Joanna Grant Art said...

Thanks, ladies, appreciate it. Jill, we will have to get together sometime, the three of us to play. Ginny and I often chat about how fun it would be to visit and do art some day. Cheers! Joanna

Unknown said...

Mixed Media is so much fun. I try all related projects specially art dolls. Your project has given me so many new ideas for making a collage of my Art Dolls. You should get these new stencils too, they are really helpful. You'll enjoy them!
http://www.amazon.com/Mixed-Media-Collage-Doll-Stencils/dp/B00IQRT4N8/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1407748209&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=Mixed+Media+Doll+Stencils

Unknown said...

Mixed Media is so much fun. I try all related projects specially art dolls. Your project has given me so many new ideas for making a collage of my Art Dolls. You should get these new stencils too, they are really helpful. You'll enjoy them!
http://www.amazon.com/Mixed-Media-Collage-Doll-Stencils/dp/B00IQRT4N8/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1407748209&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=Mixed+Media+Doll+Stencils

Michele said...

this is truly inspirational. I stand in awe of both of you! you are both brilliant artists. xo