Photographing your shadow and then using it in your mixed media art

Angela Cartwright is really into photographing her shadow.

 

This is one of her pages from her garden journal.

As I was photographing the recycled fabric scarf I sewed I realized the cool shape my shadow was making and I started to do a few photos specifically to include it.

The page I shared with you is from:

In This Garden:
Exploration in Mixed-Media Visual Narrative

By
Angela Cartwright and Sarah Fishburn

In This Garden acts as a showcase for a collaborative art project
sponsored by artists Angela Cartwright and Sarah Fishburn.
The project explores the theme of gardens as a metaphor
for peace, beauty, tranquility, reflection, and creativity,
while at the same time offering readers an inspiring collage
workbook that explores the techniques, methods, and the
insights of the participating artists.

In This Garden includes memorable garden-related quotes that artists can use in
their own work, a blank garden gate template, and a
gallery of garden-themed imagery that readers can alter and
use in their own artwork.

Angela Cartwright's art and photography is
exhibited and collected internationally. Her
unique techniques are explored in her book Mixed
Emulsions. Known for her acting roles in Make Room
for Daddy, The Sound of Music, and Lost In Space, she
curates A Studio Gallery in Los Angeles, California
where she makes her home and garden.

Sarah Fishburn (Ft. Collins, CO) describes her work as
mixed-media narrative. Her art has been featured in
numerous magazines and a shelf full of books.

I posted another bit of this book in a past post here and asked for your help with what to do with my garden wall and boy, you guys left some great ideas! Thanks so much. I was totally stumped.

And on the very special day I leave you with these quotes:

When walking through the valley of shadows, remember, a shadow is cast by a Light. H.K. Barclay

When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.
Thomas Paine 

Comments

[senoramuertos]

I love this! It is very Aubrey Beardsley-esque.

[BrendaLea]

Never thought of taking a picture of my own shadow.... and then to use in artwork... I will definitely have to do this.... would be perfect for my alteredbook of my life that I am creating.