A face or two for Friday

Friday is the day Nicole hosts the Friday Face Off,  so I have a couple of "faces" to share today. 

I took some fabric that I bought in Mexico several years ago. It is a bordered fabric and I like the other part far more than the part with the white background.  Of course I kept the part with the white thinking "I may find a use for it someday."   One of the "themes" I have in my altered book is flowers and wildflowers.  So, I cut up the pieces to collage into my book. 

Here is the layout

Yes,  did buy this in Mexico, but the words are in French. 
I also added a few strips of washi tape with flowers. 

And I did a few quick pen drawings right on the page. 

There are faces there.  Do you see them?

If not, here are some close ups

Oh yes, I forgot to mention that a few places, I used an acrylic pen to 

make the design a bit stronger. 

But how about another face - this one is mine. 

I took a selfie and used AI on it to paint myself.

I think it is the most accurate AI changed photo of me that I have seen. NO, I don't have paint on my face, but I have always loved artists that weren't afraid to add color that "isn't really there" to a face or shadows or whatever.  

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I hope Nicole is feeling better and can host this week. She shared that she was having a bad Lupus flair in her last post. Wishing you well, Nicole. 

Until Next Time,  

Stay Creative 

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Artful Sunday

This week passed rather quickly.  But I did get some work done on my altered books.  One of them is quickly nearing completion - and I think I avoid working on it for that reason. 

I have been saving the fortunes from my fortune cookies - well some of them. I like to add them to a page for content.   I thought this one was perfect for the inside cover of one book. 

It says "You are loved. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise."

The image is one of my AI creations that I printed and collaged on the inside cover. 

The facing page is just covered with tinted gesso right now. I will certainly be adding something. 

Here are two more pages that I gessoed while I was using the gesso.

I really like using the gesso with a few drops of paint to make an interesting background. 

Here is one that has been done for a while but I don't think I have shown it. 

The quote or something similar is attributed to Picasso.  I thought that was appropriate for my hand stamp - too many fingers, a subtle nod to Picasso.  A friend mentioned that the facing page looks a bit like a face. Do you see that?

Next is a two page spread with gessoed background and ATCs as the content. 

I confess that I had to go back and relearn how to draw the central design  on the upper left card. 

Now I had drawn many variations on that which will surely turn up in a later post. 

Finally here is a wish for you in the fortune. 

(Your dreams will come true.) 

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Sunday in the art room

More page layouts from the altered books in progress.

Above an AI image I created collaged onto a gessoed page

Above Hieroglyphics I created on a gessoed page

Above, A tangle pattern that I collaged onto a gessoed page.

FYI,  rather than have plain "boring white" gesso,  I add a few drops

of acrylic paint to the gesso to color or tone it. 

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Friday FaceOff Altered Book with ATCs

It is a delight to be revisiting my older artworks as I create altered book pages. I  am also revisiting drawing tangle type designs using pens and other marking tools.  For these two pages, I used ATCs from my older works. 

Interestingly the bottom one  reminds me of one of my art quilts.

It is different but somehow similar.

I think my past always adds into my artistic well of inspirationo

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The Friday Face Off.

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