15 July 2012

A Plethora of Creatures, A Couple Things and 3 Little Books

Hello Readers!
I've been busy since yesterday! 

Chipmunk Max
ATC
I know Max looks like a squirrel, but he's not.
markers on cardstock

Gary Goldfish
ATC
watercolor and marker on book page adhered to cardstock
In honor of my late husband. 
God rest his soul.

Gertie Goldfish
ATC
watercolor and marker on book page adhered to cardstock
In honor of my friend's late cat.
God rest her soul.
I am certain animals have a soul.

Mean Purple Fish
ATC
watercolor and markers on book page adhered to cardstock

Orange Monster
I started him on Thursday and finished him when I got up on Friday afternoon.
He now lives with 4 yr old Jo. I sure hope Jo's papa isn't too mad at me for not showing up at Jo's wingding. It just wasn't in me. I sent Orange Monster with my sister to Jo's celebration.

I think I've already shown you all the red Polish Star in this picture. The other three I made on Wednesday. They have glitter on the ends of all the points. They really shine when the light hits them! All three are magazine paper.

Orange Fish
ATC
watercolor and marker on book page adhered to cardstock

Purple Fish
ATC
watercolor and marker on book page adhered to cardstock
I really, really like how this book page paper takes watercolors! Wow! It soaks up markers on their own, but the watercolor wash slows down that process! I love how Purple Fish turned out!

Turkey Vulture
ATC
markers on cardstock

Caroline
4x4 inches
watercolor and acrylics on book page

George
4x4 inches
watercolor and acrylics on book page
George looks a bit drunk...He surely looks nothing like the famous painting of him that adorns the US $1 bill! It's all practice though! All practice! If I hadn't told you who he's supposed to be, you 'd of figured he was a drowsy colonial planter or something. You'd have known it was a man at least! My adventures in painting portraits has come a long way! :)
Practice, practice, practice.....

Gloria Goldfish
ATC
watercolor and marker on book page adhered to cardstock
In honor of all goldfish ever flushed.

Hattie
4x4  inches
watercolor and acrylics on book page

Practice is definitely necessary! 

Orange Poppies
Altered Envelope 
4.5 x 5 inches
oil pastels and acrylics on paper

Pink Owl 
Altered Envelope
4x5.5 inches
Oil Pastels on paper

Reidid, Agnes
ATC
markers on cardstock


Blue Text Twinchies
Pamphlet Book
5x6.5 inches
6 brown paper bag-like paper pages
book text collaged on chipboard from a cereal box, watercolor wash, two twinchies drawn in 2009 and a bit of white nylon cording to hold it all together. 

Gray Journal
6x7.5 inches
16 manilla drawing paper pages
acrylics on chipboard from a cereal box
there's a blank natural colored pc of chipboard inside the front cover to stabilize the fold I couldn't avoid in the cereal box.
You could theoretically take this book apart, pretty it up with your own creations and then sew it back together again. It would be a lot easier to work on the cover if the pages weren't in it. 
Manilla drawing paper is good for dry mediums. Crayons work wonderfully on it! As does pencil and charcoal and oil pastels.

Green STripes and Dots
pamphlet book
3.5x5 inches
scrapbook paper adhered to cereal box chipboard
16 manila paper pages
sewn with green crochet cotton
This one is headed to The Netherlands as soon as I make it to the town to go to the post office.

That's it for today.
We'll have to see what tomorrow holds....

Be good to one another!
It matters!
Peace
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