Today I was looking at some of the other artists' work in the challenge. A lot seem to use old book pages as a background. I decided that I wanted to give that a try and do something more mixed media.
As I started my search for just the right page, I felt scattered and somewhat lost. Then I came across this quote in a magazine: "It wasn't the cancer as much as it was the threat to life. Once I learned about it, I knew I had to fight. It's important to accept it and fight." - Renuka Prasad
This pull quote was from an article about women with breast cancer around the world who have beaten the disease and are helping other women do the same. I knew immediately that this had to be my background. What made it perfect was the article had an accompanying photo of Renuka. I was instantly engrossed with superimposing this wonderful woman's face over her own quote which so aptly echoes my sentiments.
The first thing I did after gluing the paper down, was to add some paint in swirls over the words to get rid of the "paper" look. I chose to do a very sparing outline of her image to allow the quote to be readable. I really really like this one. I think it came to me today because of the meeting I'm going to in a little bit - our cancer survivorship class.
Hope you enjoy Renuka
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| Day #24 Renuka |
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