Spread 219 – “How Brian Got His Groove Back”
January 15, 2017
6.5″ X 8” altered book
Altered book, vintage and personal papers and images, matte gel, black gesso, Nova Color paints, PaperArtsy paints.
This spread is from an altered book class with Orly Avineri. I notice it takes a while to get my groove back when I have not been art journaling for a while. This spread and Spread 218 were created on the second day of class, I felt more myself and more into it.
The funny part for me was after I brought my journal home and a friend looked at my two spreads and said “Wow! Brian was in a dark place there!” Actually not I felt really good creating them. I think it was the use of black in both spreads, I used to think of black and certain colors as “bad or dark” not any longer, color is color. I actually love black.
It also took me a bit to get into altering a book. My choice was not the greatest, the pages were thin and I realized the choice of a book was very important. Get out there and create!
Love seeing this Brian. So so glad you are getting your groove back. This spread is powerful.
Thank you so much Terry!! High praise from the King of “pot stirring” on the Stand. You