Class Module led by Naomi Vona

Naomi Vona was one of the featured artist instructors for a module in Kara Bullock's 2024 Let's Face It online course.  I wanted to try it, becuase she's done some really interesting work transforming magazine images.  

This is my first effort using the basics of her technique.  The image I used is a magazine photo of Millie Bobbie Brown from the March 2025 issue of Vanity Fair.  The only things not changed are Millie's shoes, feet, arms and face.  All the rest of the photo has been painted over with paint markers, and embelished by washi tape, a gold Pen-Touch, Micron pen, and a touch of glitter glue.  

I love Naomi's art-making idea, but I'm not enamored in using magazine paper for an art substrate.  (It doesn't work well for collage either.)  That's because I tried some other paint pens in my supply that didn't go on opaque and others that made the surface too wet such that the paper wrinkled.  It was fun to try, but is not my cup of tea.  

For those so inclined, Naomi's technique does present some neat opportunities to reuse magazines creatively.