This past week I got my long anticipated shipment from Dick Blick. The pads of fabriano hot press watercolor paper that I have been waiting for so I could make a new pattern book out of a book I got at a second hand store in Bergen, Norway.
I kept looking at the paper and looking at the book and wishing someone would put it together for me. Yesterday my sister said "oh just go do it already why don't you!' So I did. I marched upstairs and ripped paper, and made signatures, and put together a template, and punched holes, and found my waxed linen thread, and did not stick myself in the finger one single solitary time. That is a first.
I am now ready to go to town making patterns with my new acrylic ink and Dr. Ph Martins tangerine radiant concentrated water color. As soon as I can stop rubbing my hands over the smooth, creamy white pages that is.
VICTORY!
Posted by: sister | 07/22/2013 at 10:41 PM
Fabulous work Carol! We should all be so diligent. You sure are one busy woman. Brava!
Posted by: Leslie J. Moran | 07/22/2013 at 11:05 PM
Beautiful Book... and I bet it had a nice feel to it! I was just thinking we hadn't seen any journal pages of your for awhile... can't wait to see the patterns you come up with. It's lovely to just play and make patterns and I'm so grateful to Mary Ann for giving us permission to do just that!!!!
Hugs, Emie
Posted by: Emie | 07/23/2013 at 07:25 AM
Excellent result, Maestra!
Posted by: Lisa Hoffman | 07/23/2013 at 10:11 AM
I'm having a hard time making that first mark in my luscious new pattern book...I will if you will... 1, 2, 3...GO!
Posted by: Joy | 07/23/2013 at 11:02 AM
I've started the 75 Day Drawing Challenge by Brenda Swenson, one of my fave watercolor artists. At the end of the 75 days/75 drawings you get your "Creative License" complete with photo of yourself...looks like a CA driver license! I hesitated for days having that blank white page glaring back at me in a brand new Hand Book notebook (which I don't like) the texture is weird.
I wish you luck with your new pattern journal. I've never made one but would like to take a class...none available in a city of 2 million people! Sad, eh?
Posted by: Joan Clarke | 07/23/2013 at 12:10 PM