RECYCLE OLD ARTWORK FOR VALENTINE CARDS!

One advantage of clearing up is finding old sheets of experimental artwork that can be recycled!

I found these two pieces which were done several years ago.  I thought the colours would be ideal for Valentine cards, so I cut each one into four, and worked on them.  I added collaged papers - some my own hand painted ones, and other bits from magazines. I used matt medium to attach the papers. I then outlined the cards in black felt tip and mounted them onto cream card stock. The cards above come from the background shown on the right.

I did the same for these cards - background shown above.  Once the artwork was cut up, I looked at the shapes, lines and patterns to help me decide which way the design should go...