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Symbolic Language and All the Elements

Posted on March 12, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized

 This is a page I made yesterday and just tore down today to make a book. I started with symbols from Africa and various other places, drawing them with a Sketch Wash pencil, and coloring them in with watercolor crayons. Then I did a layer of watercolor in the background and put it aside to dry. When it was dry I did another layer with colored pencils.  The backside of the paper is painted in neutrals. Today I tore down the pages and am getting ready to stitch it to a wooden spine (My husband makes these for me) and adorn it with beads and charms. This project is the “All the Elements Book” I am teaching at the RAEvN’s Nest Art Retreat in Cedarburg, Wisconsin in October. After the pages dry I fold them and arrange them together into two sections, or signatures.When I get them arranged the way I like, I put the two signatures together and then go through it again.Now I wait for my husband to come home. Just sit and wait, reading romance novels with Fabio on the cover, and eating bon-bons. I wear a very cute house dress and pearls, and sometimes I talk on the phone, depending upon whether I am caught up on the local gossip or not. I never worry my pretty little head about things like the global situation or election (who is running for what?) because that would cause wrinkles and goodness knows, I am not interested in that! When Steve comes home and makes the wooden spine, I will stitch the pages on. For now, ta ta! 

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