Farm Living 2

Today's mosaic is a simple little farm scene. I was flipping through some of my previous pieces and saw a farm that I had done soon after I started doing mosaic art. It was OK, but I thought I could improve upon my previous effort. As always, I started with a sketch.

The comes the cutting and gluing. Lots of cutting and gluing. My estimation is that this piece contains about 600 individually cut pieces of glass. That is a lot of tiny pieces of glass.

Here is a closeup of the barn. It contains 71 pieces of glass in case you were counting.

And here is a closeup of the horse.

And here is the final piece. I used white grout in the original. For the remake, I used gray grout. It is a little more neutral and lets the colors speak for themselves.

And here is the piece from the side. As has become my technique, I wrapped the tile around the sides of the frame.

Sunset Trees

If you've followed my art, you are probably saying, "Why is he doing another tree mosaic?" My answer is, "I can't help myself." I just like trees. They make me happy. One of the first pieces that I did was called Moon Tree. You can check it out here.

The other thing I notices about this piece is that there are no straight lines. Here is one of the thing's that I've learned about mosaic art. Straight lines are easy. This piece was the opposite of easy. Every piece of glass had to be hand cut to fit in all the crazy nooks and crannies.

Here is the finished piece.

Here is the finished piece from the side.

Frog

Today's mosaic is a just a simple little frog hanging out in a pond. I was inspired to do this piece based on a trip we took this year to the Poconos in Pennsylvania. We rented a cabin that was next to a frog pond. There were literally hundreds of frogs in this pond and they talked to us around the clock.

This is not the first time that I did a frog piece. Here is one that I did back in 2014. 

To start the project, I did a bunch of frog sketches. I tried to keep it simple. I love mosaic art, but you have to keep it simple. The mosaic media just does not lend itself to a lot of details.

After I was satisfied with the sketch, I transferred the drawing to a mosaic frame and began cutting and gluing.

This is the completed piece. 

This is the completed piece from the side.