The Latest Altered Book

Once again, I’ve been working on the current altered book from the round-robin trade in my art group.  The theme in this month’s book is “Movement”.  Surprisingly, this presented a challenge for me, because I had too many ideas and couldn’t seem to settle on one!  I finally decided to start painting and at least get the background done on the pages.  So one day I sat down and played with paint…

 

First I chose vibrant acrylic paints and laid them down on gessoed pages in a random manner.  Then I used 2 different gigantic stamps with patterns---one with paisleys, and one with spirals.

 

I just love the effect of the gessoed stamp on the painted background, and it pulled the background colors together.  I then edged the pages with art papers to create a border.

 

Next, I did some writing, putting words to my thoughts.  I wrote:  “I love to move my arms & legs.  Come play with me.  We’ll do cartwheels, somersaults and back flips!”

 

 

On the facing page, I affixed a Frida Kalo paper doll I made.  She has jointed arms and legs and could certainly do cartwheels!

 

 

For a finishing touch and a bit of glitz, I added multi-colored sequins on the border--the perfect touch, don’t you think??

 

Happy Dancing,

 

Deborah