September 27, 2020
Experiments in watercolor and pastel!
Experiments in Drilling Holes in Books And Other Weird Things I've Done
This painting didn't get any better. In fact, I'm pretty sure I ruined it with the colored pencil. This all comes from trying to accommodate a HUMONGOUS stamp into my painting. From now on, it's only little paintings. At least for these super color-saturated paintings. I just can't make them do what I want over a large area of space. Now this painting will go into a sad pile to languish until I can look at it with fresh eyes and see if it is salvageable. Maybe putting some book paper over the totally awful parts will do...
I had a box of books and access to a drill press. So I drilled holes. Then I kept the box for several weeks because I didn't know what to do with them. The other night, I sewed one. Frankenstein book!
I am making a wedding bouquet of paper flowers for a friend. Here is one I made from a paint chip.
And here it is on top of the Frankenstein book.
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