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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Altered book pages with ATCs

While I am still working on my first altered book,  the second one is coming along nicely also.  I am not good at waiting for things to dry, so the second one gives me  bit more time to play before I have to walk away as both of them dry. The second one started out as "Getting to Know Nature's children" (the muskrat and salmon edition.)  Mostly it was dull, there is one lovely two page photo that I may leave except for some embellishment to the photo. 

However, for today I will show you two pages that I covered with painted papers and then added some of my ATC stash onto it. It was difficult to decide which ATCs to use, but these two matched the colors nicely, I think. 

The face was done using a stamp that I carved. (it is a self portrait stamp.)  I colored it with Sharpie markers.  I still have the stamp so I can possibly add one to each altered book I make as a type of signature. 

The ATC on the facing page was just fun doodle work. (or should I say "doodle play"  hmmm?) 

You may see some bits of red on the upper side edges.  That was an "oops" when I was playing 

with acrylic inks. I have decided to leave it as an artifact of the process.

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