Recursive Jumprope
acrylic and collage on paper
Flying the Sun
acrylic and collage on paper
Cathy used an appointment diary, so I guess her journal is also an altered book. She chose copper and orange. Have I mentioned how much I love metallics? Oooh, shiny!
Top: This spread incorporates more yearbook photos, along with obituary photos from our local newspaper. The little cut-out girls are made from phone book pages. The little orange I ended up using is in this spread–coloring the cut-outs and as a base coat. I’m not completely happy with the little jump rope squiggles. I should have used a lighter pen. The ropes are too dark, but there’s not much to be done about that now.
Bottom: Yet another appearance made by me in my tutu. I’m standing on the moon (thank you, NASA). The drawing of the sun was done with cheap metallic gel markers (made by RoseArt). I have yet to find a surface they won’t write on. I didn’t stick as faithfully to the color scheme with this spread (gold is kinda like copper, right?). I had been wanting to make the sun out of copper leaf, but just couldn’t make it work. I ended up pasting a piece of newspaper over my colossal oops and starting over again. The result isn’t exactly what I had in mind, but it’ll do.
I was supposed to get this sent off on Friday, but as anyone in the US knows, that was Post Office Hell day. So, I’ll be stopping by the PO on my way home tomorrow, God willing and the creek don’t rise, as they say. I’m just relieved that I managed to finish my pages without making an unfixable mess or slopping paint all over someone else’s pages. Now, if I can manage to get on-line to post this, all will be well.
red paper boat 