Glitz-Oh Girl

This is another video of the journal I’m doing through Juliana Cole’s online workshop. My Altered Book Journal on YouTube.

I created this watercolor a few weeks ago when I did some others….it’s 12 X 18, on Canson aquarelle paper- using Twinkling H2O’s watercolors and Pitt artist pens (bold and fine tips). I’ve just photo’d and printed out an 8 X 10.5 for an altered book I’m working in – will share that soon. TFL!

My beginning book structure for Juliana Coles’ online Extreme Journal Altered book class.

I created these little artist trading cards (ATC for short) using just some scraps of red background paper (backed with 90lb. wt. watercolor paper), and microscope slide images from Ten Two Studios. A few rubber stamped words and,  Voila!

The slides are adhered to the cards not only with the fasteners, but also a little gel medium on the backs of the slides.

Please  see 2 more new Altered Book  spreads here.

I loved making this large AB spread. I cut two pages back to back in the shape of a wing, so that when the pages (wings) opened they would spread across the facing pages.  I backed each wing with watercolor paper, for strength, then embellished them with artist pens and watercolors.  Napkins are collaged on each page, along with a black paper frame, and an image from the book.  This type of ‘addition’ at the gutter of a book is easy, because it is simply changing the shape of pages already in place.  The paper backing doesn’t add much depth, so the pages still close flat against each other.  (sorry for the slight glare from the camera flash).

To see other pages in this altered book round robin, visit this album.

This is my work in Sherrie’s book- which has the theme of ‘Wings’.  The book is about 10″ square when closed.  I took one of my watercolor works, added the doodangles, then ripped it in half and added it to the pages of this book.  I added the ‘feather’ butterflies and writing,  plus the flower.  You can see all the pages I’ve done in this RR so far, including my book, here.

I love this little book -Donna’s theme is “Nature” .  I incorporated birds, fruit and butterflies from Ten Two Studios images,  napkins from a swap gift from some AB Group friends, and a doodangle butterfly. I used PPA to adhere the images to the pages, embellished with some gel pens and Pitt artist pen (black), and when it was all dry, I sealed the pages with Microglaze.  The stamped words on the butterfly spread are from an old Wordsworth rubber stamp I had in my ‘stash’. 

I’ve been immersed in my doodling mania for well over a month- and am incorporating them into altered books, watercolors and journals.

In continuation of the Ten Two Studios Design Team AB round robin, I’ve added 2 more spreads, using some of my own doodles which  I’ve copied and adapted to the book.

Here’s one image- I doodled in my Doodangle journal, then copied the pages, reducing the size of the images to fit the pages of  Peace’s book of ‘Witch Queens’. After adding some white book tape to the gutter of the pages for reinforcement , I attached the doodles to the book pages,  then extended and embellished upon the doodles.  Behold the Witch Queen of Doodles… (click on this link  to see the second image of Peace’s book, as well as the others I’ve done so far.)

I created this in my watercolor/doodling frenzy early this week while the grand daughters spent the night. I folded the 12 X 18 (I thought the paper was 12 X 17, but it’s 12 X 18!) in half, and have put all of my 9 x 12 doodangles in it, easy to see and find in my very bookish house.

Created with Canson watercolor paper, Twinkling H2O’s watercolors, art pens. I purposely cut the border of the front cover, to give shape to the theme of the drawing…plus I can easily see what is inside.

Disc-O!

This one I call Web Sight At Dawn – 9 X 12 artist pen on sketchbook paper.

After playing with the Twinkling H2O’s on Saturday, I spent Easter afternoon creating three more ‘paintings’.  These are all on Canson Aquarelle 12 X 17″ watercolor paper, using the H2O’s and Pitt artist pens.

I started the Dragon painting with just random watercolor painting.  When it was dry, I began to outline various areas with bold black pen.  I then started my doodling inside some of the outlined areas.  It was then that the ‘dragon’ image began to emerge in my mind.

You can see all three watercolors in this album.

Today’s Doodangle-

Here are more doodangles (my doodles with zentangle flair).

Doodle Art

More new images are at the bottom of the page of of my Doodangle album.

are my ideas of doodling and zentangle combinations.  I’ve been creating these every day for the past 3-4 weeks – I’ll upload them gradually, so as not to bore anyone!

Serpent Stars by Corinne

I have begun an album for these creations in my web site. You can go here to see the rest of the images.

I love this little book- an altered Roberts’ Rules of Order..only in our case, we are creating art about ignoring all rules.

My pages incorporate the doodling I’ve been doing – the first spread of no rules is to forget about baking- just get thee to the bakery!  (I used Pitt artist pens and Zig pens for these pages.)

Get Thee To A Bakery!

This second spread, using same pens, is about no rules of order-literally.  The head is lost in art, coloring is outside the lines, and “absurd or frivolous motions are allowed”.

No Rules of Order

My last spread is self explanatory – all those years of being told to not mark up books….well…sometimes a girl has to do what she has to do!

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