I was invited to do a spread in a “newbies” altered book round robin on ANUK having acted as a mentor – not that the new members needed mentoring, nor from the results, would anyone think they were new to altered art – the spreads I have seen have all been really fabulous. This spread is for Linda G.’s book, the theme of which was Yellow, sub-theme The Garden. I started with a layer of textured paper which I then covered in gesso – I like the feel this gives to the page and also the fact that any paint layered on top can be worked in various ways. Over this I then layered various bits and pieces, some cut out flowers and butterflies in thickish paper, some coloured strips of canvas and some real leaves. I then put a layer of gesso over these as I did not like the design at all – perhaps one day I will learn to work things out first although I doubt it – I do tend to work spontaneously. More paint over this layer of gesso over which I then did loads of leaf prints. These were done by literally painting real leaves and using them to print with – there are many layers of these although the scan does not show the variance in colour very well. I then applied several leaves which I had printed separately on paper and outlined, along with the butterfly. Ta da:
Oh and the quote is by Van Gogh.
3 comments
Comments feed for this article
September 28, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Linda D.
Ooh, gorgeous!!! Bet it has a wonderful texture, too. Seems you work a bit like me – maybe have an overall plan but just go with the flow, as it were 🙂
September 29, 2008 at 9:08 am
paintinglady
Its lovely! Do you feel all mellow now?
Hugs,
Kari x
September 29, 2008 at 11:46 am
Alis Clair
Love it!
I work the same way and hardly ever work things out first. When I do try to plan I don’t like what I do, bet you are the same.