Wednesday, October 10, 2007

New artwork - gluebook page

I started a new art journal today, it is a gluebook. Basically, a gluebook is a collage journal. You just glue things to the pages. Everyday things like magazine clippings, tickets, flyers, receipts, newspaper clippings - anything that appeals to you. I searched around and found a couple old magazines that I felt I could cut up - I can't bring myself to cut up any of my scrapbooking, stamping or art magazines but I did find a few travel magazines. I came up with this quick collage for my first page.
It was really fun to do. First I saw the old man with the camera and thought he needed to go on a page. Then I found the lady's legs and thought that is what he was taking a picture of. I just couldn't seem to get him positioned on the page so that he was looking at her. So I cut around her leg, then he could slip in behind her. I think he looks quite natural there,in front of the moon watch and behind the leg. I found the title and other words and thought they'd just fit perfect to describe what was happening on the page. I thought the page was done until I found the guy peeking in from the edge of the paper and he just had to be glued on too.

On another note, I had a doctor appointment Monday afternoon for Social Security Disability. I think it went well but I guess I will have to wait for the decision to say for sure. I have been having terrible headaches for a couple weeks now so I tried using Head On - yeah I know you hate the commercial right but guess what, it helps the pain. Other than that, I have been really tired every day for the past two weeks. All I want to do is sleep, good for the night but not so good for the day. Last week I didn't have Allison so it wasn't too bad, I could sleep as much as I wanted to. But this week, I have her Mon, Tues, Thurs and Fri. How can you sleep with a 2 year old to keep track of? It is so hard to stay awake some times so I've been spending more time reading to her and working on my art during the day than usual this week. I have the most trouble when she wants to watch TV, that's when I could drift right off before I know it. This afternoon, I was working on some handmade postcards - my first. I was using the Gamasol technique on one and my dang hand kept going numb. This is a brand new fibro occurrence for me, it started about a month ago. My feet have been doing it for about a year now. Speaking of the postcards, here they are

The first one was made with CTMH stamps, then I colored it using the Gamasol technique. I was going to do all three that way but when my hand was going numb I decided that was not such a good idea. So instead, I used Karen Foster paper for the background edged with Tim Holtz distress ink. Then I tore out a vintage Halloween card scan, inked it and glued it on top. I think they all look good, I sure hope the recipients like them too.

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