Tracing paper art

Illustrator Sonia Alins (previously) creates evocative aquatic scenes using a combination of two and three dimensional elements. Smooth, translucent vellum creates the visual effect of water, and Alins sometimes inserts tufts of colored thread or small sheets of tulle to invoke the ocean floor’s textural topography. Alins then creates carefully placed slits in the vellumContinue reading "Deep Ocean Waters Amplify Emotions in Sonia Alins’ Evocative Mixed Media Illustrations"

Forest illustrations created using layers of tracing paper- Eleanor Johnson

In this collection of illustrations titled Dones d’aigua (water women), Spanish artist and illustrator Sonia Alins depicts several women immersed almost completely underwater, just a head or foot poking out from the uncertain depths of cloudy liquid. A haunting tension emerges not only from the clever split view created by utilizing translucent paper to mimic water, but also from the slightly ambiguous situation of the figures. It’s not always immediately clear if the women are swimming or…

Tracing paper art. Exploring layering and the way tracing paper can add depth

20 layers of incense burnt rice paper suspended in steel cage, 30 x 45 cm

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Tracing paper layered art designs. IPhone filter manipulation to apply the turquoise colour

Charley Peters, Untitled Drawing, 2013 (Ink on tracing paper)

Tracing paper layered art. Collage designs, preliminary ideas

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