Drawing on Objects

 The following photos from Pinterest are what inspired me for this project. I loved how the manipulation was done and how each one is so unique:

I bought three framed original paintings from a local thrift shop. I intended the original work to be a little aged and imperfect.

The first is a portrait of Roosevelt that I was certainly attracted to. I started sewing with thick string along the eyes - from the eyebrows down - exactly where a pair of sunglasses would lay. I decided to go back and criss cross the string in order to hide the eyes as much as possible. It is probably my favorite.

Before and after




The next I manipulated much more than the first. I used thick string and thin thread and sewed through the painting. I followed lines I saw that the tree trunks and shadows made. I then bought some frosted glass spray and focused in the edges of the glass. I smeared it while wet in order for it to look dream-like and blurry.
Colored pastels were then added wet and dry with my fingers in specific areas of interest. Blue and yellow in order to contrast the red string. Cutting, scratching and slicing was also done with a box cutter and scissors for a more "used and abused" look.

This final one is much cleaner - the string outlines negative space I wanted to play with. I took the lines I saw with the barbed wire and extended it upwards and down. I scratched lines into the flowers and the wood grain of the barn. I then added a color to compliment the red and used my fingers to add the pastel. Both wet and dry. I wanted it to have movement and as I added the color it was very freeing to not have any structure.