Altered Book: orange.blue rev 1.1
Sat, September 5, 2009 at 05:35PM "But words are things,
and a small drop of ink,
falling like dew upon a thought,
produces that which makes thousands,
perhaps millions, think."
~Lord Byron
The first glimpse within a new book that I'm altering! The book is 10" wide x 12" tall, a wonderfully vast 20" x 12" when open. I'm calling the project "tekenfilm" because of the cartoonish illustrations in this children's book.
A large canvas provides a sense of possibility! These soft blue, vivid orange and yellow pages were made with ephemera, cardstock, maps and old books. I used fluid matte medium to thin the fluid acrylics for the base layers. The orange was applied with a toothbrush! This may be phase one of this page; might journal or add a quote in the future. But for now, I love the way it came out.
More altered book art journal pages... Live in the Now and Rev 23/30: Documented
Reader Comments (4)
Awesome base! Love the idea of applying the orange paint with a toothbrush! Hope you're having a super weekend! Hugs, Terri xoxo
I ♥ your blog; I ♥ your creativity!!!
I LOVE your use of colours here. Very vivid.
The title of your post reminded me of a play I saw a few years ago - *Blue/Orange* by Joe Penhall - and the poem it was kinda based on - "The earth is blue like an orange" (http://french.chass.utoronto.ca/fcs195/eluard-text.html).
Anyway, the play is awesome; the poem is interesting; your blog is as inspiring as always!