I forgot to point out that the painting "There is Love Inside" is for sale on Etsy. You can find it here.
I plan on putting up some better pictures of it soon, these are far too bright.
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NEw Video on YouTube- 2007 Art Journal
This is a video of the art journal that I put stills up from last week.
New Hedgehog Moleskin
Immediately after finishing my last hedgehog/ moleskin I started a new one. This one has distressed brown and black sheep hide covers, is 3.5×5.5 in size and was entirely hand made by me. It got kraft paper pages which is something new for me to work on. I used rough wrapping paper kraft paper for the pages too so it has a great texture for drawing and such.
So far it has been taking every sort of abuse I can hand to it, thus far in this book, I’ve gesso’d pages in clear and white, tinted pages with acrylic, glued in magazine pages with matte medium, sanded gesso off the pages, added layers of magazine, acrylic and ink. I’ve scraped with a pallet knife and credit cards. I’ve wiped on and off with a rag. All in all this paper is tough as nails. Unlike the 140lb printmaking paper it does cockle a bit but after drying it smooths out quite a bit. I’m very pleased with the amount of abuse that this book has taken, and to think that this books was one I deemed unsalable because I screwed up and trimmed the cover short. (Note how far the fore edge pokes out from the cover. Looks good with this but not so good when first made.)
After you get done looking at these pictures head on over to my Flickr account and see more pictures. I didn’t load them all here because it takes longer but at flicker you can see all the spreads thus far that are in the book.
Time with Tascha Vlog
At the TimewithTascha blog she posts some great vLog showing her art process. I like watching art process videos. I’m not sure why but there is something fascinating with watching an artist’s progress from plain canvas to finished canvas.
Creative Marks
An interesting video. Great ideas on things you can use to make different marks in your art journal. Scroll through to about the 4.5 minute mark.
2 Videos of a recent painting
2 Videos of a recent painting. I plan on either listing the painting on eBay or Etsy. I haven’t decided yet. The image started out in my journal, a heart with a medical diagram heart inside. Red heart, blue heart, antique so it wasn’t so bright and cheery. I had a lot of fun making the painting as well as making the videos.
Inspiration Saturday
I found this via one of my subscribers (NotaMax) on YouTube. Love it love it love it. Scraps of everyday life gathered together and bound into a sweet little book. SHort but totally sweet.
Filled Hedgehog
I just filled a hedgehog. It feels good to finally snap the elastic shut on it for the last time. No more blank pages no more thoughts to recourd. It took about 6 months to fill from start to finish. It had 140lb Stonehenge pages, quite a few too. It started out about ½ inch thick and now sits at an inch. I’ve abused it to the point of stress on the spine but the Irish linen thread has held up well as has the sewing style (smythe style). It still opens flats and takes abuse. The paper stayed flat too. No cockling or other unpleasantness.
This last week or so I’ve been really focused on making art. Art for me art for the sake of art. The hedgehog is the perfect medium for that expression. Personal, small private (except, well, I plan on putting up a vid and all the pics are up on Flickr…) and portable. Good stuff all around.
Most of the images use watercolor, gouache, or acrylic with some sort of paper bits glued in. The last few pages are all acrylic in heavy impasto. I’m not sure why but the angry dark subject matter needed impasto effects.
Enough chit chat art pR0n:
JOurnal Video-Willowing
YouTube user Willowing posted this video of her journal to YouTube:
“So It Goes”
I’ve been a big fan of Kurt Vonnegut for years, since I first read Breakfast of Champions when I was a freshman. I was very sad when I heard that he had died this past year. I commemorated him with a portrait. I’ve listed it on etsy. Here are a few pictures, but you can see it on etsy here.
