Created an infographic about the specifications of sparkling wine from the Champagne region of France for the Bottles blog! Design, illustration and content.
Allie Surdovel
New patten repeat
CommentRecently I have been mindlessly drawing the outline of treetops on everything. I thought it might make an interesting painting, so I made a little 4 x 6 gouache study. Then I gave up on it for a while, but last night was compelled to make in into a patten repeat, because honestly it would really look cool on a skirt, or as an all over print crop top.
I threw it into photoshop and brightened it up, evened it out a little, and made it into a mirror repeat stripe. I think I will work on it a little more, or bring it into illustrator and redo it with pen tool. I'm not sure if the uneven tones are adding to, or taking away from the sequence as a whole.
gouache painting
trees pattern repeat
Flower Painting Restoration
CommentMid 19th century oil still life restoration.
This is my second sort of beginner project restoring this oil painting I bought off Craigslist.
The painting was covered in grime, probably years of smoke and grease residue from being in a kitchen, pieces of paper stuck to the flowers from newspaper or magazines being laid on top on it, holes and flaking, and general scratching damage.
Back view: post patching
This was my first time repairing holes in canvas, so I still need to go back in with heat gun to see if i can melt down the wax and resin that I used to bond the patch. and maybe give the white pieces on the back a brown coat of paint to be a little less conspicuous.
There is label on the back that reads "286 Westminster st, Providence RI. Charles Hagan" when I googled this information, I found a gallery that was open in 1870 in Providence that did restoration, framing, and gilting. There is a matching frame that came with the piece, so it is likely that the frame was made at the Charles Hagan Gallery. There is no signature from the artist, but I am hoping to contact the Providence Art Club, or a historical society to see if I can find any more information about the painting, maybe a possible artist with a similar style or series that could lead to a higher value when I sell the piece.
Some other images of the process.
mid cleaning
pre cleaning, paper chunks
larger hole, pre cleaning.
same area before the patching.
another area with a smaller loss pre patching and touch up.