dry, glue, dry!!

progress in the journal is slow, because many layers of glued on paper and tissue must dry. this is a slow process, since i don't have a hair dryer at the moment. even if i did, it's noisy enough to put me off using it very long! it was very humid and hot today, and nothing wanted to dry. in fact, it's currently storming. eek!

well, not eek. i love storms. i love sleeping in thunderstorms even better. watching a big lightening thunderstorm roll in during the summer is one of my favorite things. still, a little eek because drying times slooooooow waaaaay doooown.


i'll be going to a workshop tomorrow, given by an artist friend. it's a collage workshop... i think it'll be fun to go play all day with other people, even if i have to leave the house in 6ish hours. yikes.

not. a. morning. person.


... you can see larger versions of these images, with more details, on flickr.

sometimes i go a little nuts with the 'note' feature, so beware.

off to go put together a quickie bag of supplies for tomorrow's foray into collage. i usually take WAY too much stuff to these things and don't end up using most of it. i'm going minimal tomorrow. i will only allow myself ONE big ziploc bag. no, NOT the size you use to store clothes under the bed. geez, have a little faith guys! ;)

it's all in the details

i have been adding little bits of drawing and decoration to various pages in the book the last 2 days. sometimes i need to go minimal and concentrated on the elements rather that worrying about the whole.






btw, the minizine sticking out of the pocket above is another i received in a swap-bot swap i hosted. it's by a girl who goes by s. jane.

it's all in the details

1. gesso 3 layers.
2. paint on watercolor.
3. coarse sand.
4. gesso 2 layers.
5. paint on watercolor.
6. coarse sand.
7. gesso another layer.
8. paint on watercolor.
9. coarse sand.
10. fine sand.

below you will note some various detail shots of the pages in the journal!







this last photo is a process shot. i am embellishing/altering some plastic keychains maralena sent to me. the trick is, i painted both sides, and was stuck sitting there holding it. then i used that thinkin' brain and came up with a paintbrush and a cup drying rack. which, you know, worked real well until i took the one off the short side and the other ones fell off. tee hee.