Altered Silver

AltTxt1 : "First dare ask questions"

noreply@blogspirit.com (Silver) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:37:00 -0600

I'm posting what I can tonight because it'll be a week or two before the next post. So here are more pages from Odyssey, my ongoing altered text project.

« pages 124 & 125 »
These pages followed the usual process. Gesso base, lightly sanded, watercolors, then colored pencils. Page 125 also received a bit of dotting with a Pitt brush pen to add texture.

Text:
It was always his real…

A&A : 34-35, 38-39

noreply@blogspirit.com (Silver) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:22:00 -0600

I was so excited about getting a new Angels & Aliens spread colored after a long hiatus that I forgot my plan to post A&A pages in order. So that spread was out of order (as was an earlier one), and this post will get things back on track. (Not that anything catastrophic would occur if they're all mixed up, of course. For a long while, I didn't think there'd be…

AltTxt1 : In the wilderness

noreply@blogspirit.com (Silver) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:53:00 -0600

More spreads from Odyssey, my (primary) ongoing altered text project and the reason for bringing this blog back from the brink of death. As usual, these pages are presented in no particular order.

« pages 56 & 57 »
The media for this spread are watercolor with colored pencils, and of course, the Pitt pen for lines.

Text:
in the moonlight
tonight, tonight
in the dark
late at night

after a…

AltTxt2 : The final(?) six

noreply@blogspirit.com (Silver) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:32:00 -0600

Before the demise of the Altered Text Yahoogroup in July 2008, I managed to squeak out 6 more (dual) pages in the project using Catching the Light by Susan Pope. As I had done so from the start with this book, each page was first treated digitally. The later physical treatment was then structured after the digital as closely as possible, within the limitations of materials. It was really a fascinating…

A&A : pages 46-47

noreply@blogspirit.com (Silver) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:40:00 -0600

This spread was drawn about two years ago but waited patiently until finally receiving color today. Looks like I never left off.

I draw these original angels directly into the book (which is titled "Angels and Aliens") with a Bic Smoothie. Many passes are made with the pen to define and thicken the lines. Color is accomplished using wax crayons and Prismacolors.

It's been a long road

noreply@blogspirit.com (Silver) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:26:37 -0600

My primary work takes me in many unexpected directions, and sometimes, back again. And so I find myself happily returning to my altered text project, and I might as well share images from it again as it comes along, because heck, that's fun too. I guess it's about time to dust the cobwebs here and see about replacing some of the images that have gone missing.

AltTxt1 : "working working"

noreply@blogspirit.com (Silver) — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:30:00 -0500

Here are a couple more spreads from my ongoing altered text project, Odyssey. The project continues to move right along; I have about 70 pages completed at this point.

« pages 164 & 165 »
The media for p. 164 is watercolor and colored pencil; for p. 165 they are gouache and Sharpie. Each page also had a gesso base layer.

The design of p. 165 was inspired by an old,…