Tag : round robin

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I decided to dig deep in the blog history for Second on the 2nd this month.

Secondlook

I’ve been scattered lately when it comes to art…a big part of me thinks that the “old days” when I participated in many more swaps and round robins….before postage got too out of hand…I was forced out of my comfort zone and in the process grew as an artist.

This post was definitely from those days. Have a look…

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I completed my pages for the latest book I received in my current round robin.

The original drawings from the book were hand-painted by me with watercolor crayons. The chopsticks were shorten by breaking then shaping them in a pencil sharpener before a slight bit of whittling and sanding.

The bamboo was drawn then painted by yours truly. The fortune reads “The luck that is ordained for you will be coveted by others”

I’ve never done any Asian themed art before…at least not consciously. I did do a mixed-media painting a while back that ended up having an Asian flare.

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Hope you enjoyed this second look at my post from January 2008

 
This was the last book for me to work in during our 6 player round robin. It has been so much fun! 
This last book is heading back home to  Canada, hopefully later today.

This is the second to last book in the round robin for me. The theme was “questions of love”. 
I’m not exactly sure I hit what Jana was looking for in the most literal sense but I’m happy with my results.

I’ve titled this spread Secret Embrace

The image is from the cover of an off romance novel.
This is a tribute to Gina Wise…she did some really fun arches for last years ABC 7th anniversary swap with this same technique.

This one is titled Ecstasy

The image is from a late ’60s hairdressing guide. I loved the expression, so it drove the direction of the page.
 

After a long delay on my part… I finally finished the first set of pages in the colors round robin.

I was so surprised at how difficult just having colors to use was for me. Without a theme, I was spinning my wheels and not able to focus on the task at hand.

The colors were chocolate brown, turquoise and ivory…we could splash black if needed.

This first page was the only one I had in my head from the beginning. This is actually the middle of a signature. These pages will be sewn into a plaster page book for a class, if I understand right.

 

These swirls are on the back of the signature. You can see the fold mark down the middle.

This next set I actually started with the back. I had the papers picked out long ago. Of course the scan isn’t showing the color properly. I messed around in Photoshop a little trying to fix it but only seemed to make it worse. So imagine the colors are proper…which they are in real life. :)

This is actually the inside of that signature. I liked the poem and the color was  right.

So for all my fretting about these pages, everything just sort of fell together when I put my mind to it.
I sure hope this is what Marilyn is looking for in these pages.

These were some fun pages. I’d do another but the book is getting full fast and there are still two people left in the round robin.

I hope she likes them!

This is my more traditional thought on the theme of Magic.

I really wanted the bunny to be able to come all the way out of the hat but maybe he’s better this way so he doesn’t just decide to hop away. :)

The second book in the round robin has arrived.
The theme: Magic.
The thought of magical portals came to mind immediately. A world brought to life through the power of imagination. Our imaginations are magical…they can take us places, experience things, create a world all our own…suspend reality…

I have a more traditional “Magic” thought for the second page in mind.

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