Altered Silver

Here are a couple yellow/orange/brown spreads of altered text from my long-term Odyssey project.

« pages 128 & 129 »
The media for these pages include watercolor, gel pens and Pitt markers, on the customary base of gesso.

Text:
fervent hope
I would hope
would hope
I would hope

I agreed to see him.
To my surprise, I discovered two.
They glowed.
They wait.

He would be giving his part.
His part: extraordinary, personal regard, completely convincing.
He loved.
We shared.




« pages 156 & 157 »
The decoration of page 156 was inspired by a banner advertisement I saw somewhere on the internet. (Nice to know those ads are good for something.) Over the gesso base, I used wax crayon and colored pencils.

Page 157 required more effort than it appears. After the gesso base, I used Masquepen to lay down liquid frisket over the selected text areas. Aside from a quick test on a far back page, this would be the first use of frisket in this book. I also masked off the page margins with low-tack tape. With the page thus prepared, I sponged on a variety of watercolors, adding a few splatters as well. When the paint was dry, I lifted the tape, removed the frisket and added the brown marker outlines. I'd thought I was going to do a bit more, but the sponging turned out so well that I decided the page was finished.

Text:
I told myself I was likely to fade
(knowing he was magic)
I said I was telling myself I was circling.
I couldn't see.
I waited, then said...
Some questions, my questions, answer the questions!
I said, I said, I needed to know, I needed!

Now?
— Bientôt.




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