Altered Silver - art_tools

F&W : Watercolor Crayon

noreply@blogspirit.com (Silver) — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 23:10:00 -0600

When I got my first set of watercolor crayons (Lyra Aquacolor), I decorated quite a few spreads in the F&Ws as I experimented with the possibilities of the medium.

This one shows how delicate the colors can be. Just scribble on a bit of crayon, then brush out the pigment with water. I repeated the steps in various places to build up the color a little stronger.

For this spread, I…

ATC : Tiny collage pieces on the job

noreply@blogspirit.com (Silver) — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 22:45:00 -0600

I looked at the piles of tiny collage pieces I'd made and decided to give some of them something to do. I picked out eight of the most Hallowe'en-themed, then set about putting together a small ATC series.

Some bright orange cardstock made an ideal base on which to start. Onto that, I printed two sets (four cards each) of writing; one was old German book text, the other old French…

Collaged paper

noreply@blogspirit.com (Silver) — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 08:45:00 -0600

I began with several bits of handmade papers, tissue paper and some text pages. I used two (8.5x11") 20# pages for the supports. After choosing a color scheme (purple and yellow), I watercolored those colors over the text pages (so that some of the text was now on purple, and some was on yellow).

Then I tore up all the gathered materials into smaller bits and used matte medium to adhere…

Daily Collage : Love

noreply@blogspirit.com (Silver) — Sun, 27 Nov 2005 13:20:00 -0600

The background on this is a blending of a music sheet scan with a part of a digital fanart I made earlier in the year (of Amber Tamblyn from "Joan of Arcadia").

Today's page is something of a celebration of a new toy and tool: an all-in-one printer/scanner/copier/fax. One of the first things I did after making this background was to scan all my posted ATCs and update the images for…

Daily Collage : Medium Square

noreply@blogspirit.com (Silver) — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 18:05:00 -0600

The sticker in the middle came off one of the new toys I got today, a square paper punch. And as you can see, it was put to use quite liberally to create this page.

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Library book sale

noreply@blogspirit.com (Silver) — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 09:25:00 -0600

FINALLY! At long last, the local library held their annual book sale. I only had about an hour since I had to cram the time in between a bunch of other things, but I made good use of the time I had. I picked up hardback books of various sizes that begged to be altered and others (hardback and paperback) that wanted to donate text and pictures to the cause.

If…

Requiem for a pen

noreply@blogspirit.com (Silver) — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 14:30:00 -0500

Less than a day after writing about my Angels & Aliens project, the Pentech GelGrip pen I was using for the sketching ran out of ink while on duty. To finish the drawing, I grabbed the Penstix micron pen that I'm using in my altered text book (which I haven't described here yet), but the micron gives an entirely different writing experience. It's more of a "final lines" kind of pen,…

Quiltmaker software

noreply@blogspirit.com (Silver) — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 12:15:00 -0500

I just came across this little toy, by way of Meggiecat's blog archive. It's a little software goodie (for Windows) called Quiltmaker that is designed for "sketching" a quilt design. Check out the details and download your free copy at the Quiltmaker website. While I'm sure it comes in handy for those interested in making quilts, I can't help but think of all its other possible applications. You could play with…

Composition Book Blues II

noreply@blogspirit.com (Silver) — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 14:25:00 -0500

I was embarking on a new project, to make a quick, daily collage in the spirit of a "gesture drawing." I wanted to keep all these collages together in the same spot, but after putting the first collage into a composition book, I discovered that the composition book just wasn't going to work out for me. Others seem to be having good results with them, but I simply couldn't accept the…

Blog Sweet Blog

noreply@blogspirit.com (Silver) — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 15:10:00 -0500

August already, and I haven't made any entry since July 27. Well, it doesn't mean I haven't been working, in fact I've been quite active with the art (and purchasing additional supplies for it). The days have been very busy, even when the heat rose to nearly 100(F) degrees. I've been painting, folding, pasting, sealing, priming, deviating, experimenting...and trying to remember to take photos all along the way. They'll all show…