Tag: backgrounds
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Red-Eyed Tree Frog Mosaic and Artistic Confidence
Artist Christine Jeffson recently completed a mosaic of a red-eyed tree frog using the direct method of one tile at a time, and it is an impressive example of photographic verisimilitude complete with highlights. We mere mortals usually need to work in an indirect method using a temporary surface to create a mosaic of this…
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Thoughtful Backgrounds Improve Mosaic Artwork
Artist Bonnie Eisner emailed me a photo of her Hansa (Hand of Fatima) mosaic in progress because we were out of the color she wanted to use for the whole background. My solution to the shortage was to take the problem as an opportunity to enhance the design by using andamento, color variation, and pattern…