Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Willowing week 2

First was to make a background on an old childrens board book. With gesso, stamps, paint and watercolor crayons. Then a transfer of me when I was a child. yeah, that's me with my mouth wide open in my high chair. lol! Same as now right? Always laughing and talking. A good thing I guess.

Then I had to write a letter to my small self and what I would wish for her.



Turns out a lot of things I have and want in my own life!

The next spread was to do a piece that represented the opposite of a traumatic event in your childhood. I didnt have one so to do a time when you were happy. The first things I could think of was my tire swing and playing in the haymow.

The thing that was cool was that I knew I wanted a tree on one page and a barn on the next and when I turned the page and started looking to do the background - there was a tree on one side and a barn on the other!! Very freaky.

So I used kids book pages to make part of the background and the whimsy is of myself since the memories are by myself. That continues now too - I like my alone time.





Once I can get the next videos to load - ugh! I can get started on the next lesson. Looks like we are making a stuffed monster!

4 comments:

Janet Ghio said...

Love the story about the whimsey page already having just the right scenery!! Syncronicity!! That monster to make is cute!!

Gypsy Purple said...

Lovely!!

Arlene said...

Love your little girl whimsey - so cute! I am about to work on my page too. I had fun sketching the whimseys and now am about to paint them. Willowing makes it look so easy, doesn't she?

Monica said...

Some interesting uses of materials with terrific results.