Tuesday, February 12, 2013

cabbage stamping

cabbage
purple cabbage, stamping

Sometime between living in Mexico, Japan and California, I formed a loving relationship with cabbage. I love it on tacos, salsa, stir-fry and salads. Recently, from a fellow blogger, wrightstuff,  I discovered that the cabbage ends can be used as a stamp.

In the photo above you can see the cabbage end sitting on my art table. I cover my art table with paper and often doodle or try out colors on that paper. The bird drawing in the next photo was actually an impromptu drawing I did on my art table paper. It's hard to imagine that technology will be able to replace the pencil and paper method. I just love the feeling of the pencil edging across the paper.

bird singing
bird singing, sumi ink line drawing
I used acrylics to stamp the background with a cabbage end. I then added a line drawing of a bird. The branch was painted with sumi ink, micron pen and gesso.


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19 comments:

Fran Traina said...

wow that is gorgeous! wonderful technique. THANK you for posting and sharing:)

storybeader said...

okra, and now cabbage! I have to look more carefully at veges for stamping! {:-Deb

Tracy said...

This is BEAUTIFUL! And what a brilliant idea. I have a cabbage in the fridge now! :o) Happy Day ((HUGS))

Gallery Juana said...

storybeader, I hadn't thought of okra ... great idea!
Tracy, look forward to seeing what you stamp.
Fran, thanks for stopping by.

Em said...

I LOVE this! (I love cabbage too. Hate brussel sprouts though. Which makes very little sense but it is what it is.)

Cabbage as a stamp. This is awesome.

Textile Recycler said...

All foods are fair game for stamping in my house! You got a great result with the cabbage...

Gallery Juana said...

Em, I used to not enjoy brussel sprouts until I discovered them roasted:)

Textile, I can relate to that!

sharon said...

I love this idea, I am now eying that tired c cabbage on the bench! Loved the result.

Adrienne Rose said...

I love the bird! And man, that branch looks REAL!!

Catherine Constance said...

Great picture, love the cabbage texture, really good idea. :)

acreativeharbor.com said...

Wow! love the bird sketch and the stamped background ties it all together wonderfully! ^_^

WrightStuff said...

I think it was me! I did lots of cabbage roses in pink a few weeks (or was it months?) ago? Glad to see I am inspiring others to try too!!

Christine said...

beautiful, and the branch looks so realistic!

Tracey Fletcher King said...

the cabbage stamp is great and I love that top photo... that is an amazing image...xx

Lynn Cohen said...

yummy art!

Gallery Juana said...

thank you for your lovely comments and visits.

Wrightstuff, you are so right. It's your blog where I saw the tutorial. Thanks for letting me know.
I added your link.

EVA said...

Delightful!! Lovely big and fun background.

Tam Hess said...

Wonderful fun! Love the doodle and the colors you used!

Alexandra said...

This is simply cool and creative! Love what you've done here. Thanks for sharing with us! :)