Blue Altered Book

This is the first spread in this book I am altering. It was a book that was going to be thrown out. I have no plans, title or theme. Just letting whatever comes to my mind.

It is mostly experimenting with mediums and whatever intrigues me. I am not sure this page is exactly done. For now here it is. 

Altered book - Desire

The real title of this book is "The Architect of Desire" By Suzannah Lessard. I found it on the $1.00 shelf at my favorite used book store. I loved the title and the fact that it was a white covered book.  Which opens to all sorts of notions of altering it. 

I began reading the book as I tore out the pages. Consequently my art took on some of the story, which was not what I had originally intended. It is a family story of Stanford White told by his great-grandchild. 

I put the book down unfinished for several years and now back working in it with some different eyes looking at it.

Inspired by Gustav Klimt

These are "tall cards" for a Gustav Klimt swap. I tried to be more inspired than literal or copy his work. Since I am not gifted in the drawing of people I chose to use vintage images in keeping with the time period of Gustav Klimt.

I first did a large background with inks, stamps and water color.  Cut up the backgrounds to the sized then layered with images and more ink, stamps and watercolor. I added some gold acrylic paints to enhance some of the work like Gustav Klimt did.

Snow Kings

These are artist trading cards for a swap. They are snow kings. I tried a different style and technique from what I usually do.  They are similar to the ones I made earlier (see below). I used Primsacolor markers to draw in picture, then with a .005 Micron pen went in the marker lines to add some extra detail. 

Ball Point Pen Challenge

 I use to doodle all the time with ball point pens.  This is an artist trading card, for a swap ball point pen only medium. I love the effect of the pen skipping ink in the foreground. My inspiration was through some photographs of New Mexico.

New Year New Art

 I am making a commitment  to post art at least once a week. For this week are three artist trading cards I made to swap out. I usually use my very small Micron pens to draw, so these are pushing me to try something new.

 I lightly drew out my pictures in pencil then outlined everything in Primsacolor markers. I went back with smaller ink pens to put in the tiny details. The last thing I used was a Q-tip with dry inks to make the cheeks.

Monochromatic Moos

So what is a MOO? Look here http://us.moo.com/products/minicards.html
Instead of ordering MOO I made these monochromatic set. Actually I made one big piece and cut it to the correct MOO size 1"X2.75".

Paper Art Dolls

These are some art paper dolls I made for a swap at AFA for All.

 

March Landscapes

Working on softer looks in my watercolors

Fun with watercolors

Been experimenting with backgrounds and white ink.

Words of Encouragement

These are artist trading cards made for a swap called "Illustrated Encouragement".

Peg People

I could not resist these little folks. I joined a swap at  http://www.illustratedatcs.com, now I am trying to decide which ones to send or make more.

Mardi Gras Artist Trading Cards

These are artist trading cards for a swap at ATCs for All. The swap is Mardi Gras Madness, here are my submissions.

Winter Scenes Artist Trading Cards

These artist trading cards are for a swap at http://www.illustratedatcs.com/ The theme is winter scenes. This time of the year I try to have extra bird seed for the birds.

House Moo

These are the latest fad in art swaps. Sometime in the recent past business/calling cards went to an approximate 1"x 2.75" called a MOO. Like Rolodex cards they have now made it into art swaps. 

These are for a swap at ATCsforall.com, house moo swap. I used the images are from Ten Two Studios "Little Yellow" collage sheet.