La Mer ~ an upcycled book

front of book - pre drawings

one of the spreads - pre drawings

I received some art supplies last week and they stuffed brown paper in the box to keep the items from moving around, I have a hard time throwing away good paper, so I thought to use this for a try-out project. I thought I could have the kids make something like this maybe, but then again, maybe it is a little too time consuming for them, maybe if we just did 2 or 3 pages. Well anyway, I finished mine and wanted to show you. It's kind of a twist on Carla's junkmail booklet {that I am currently also working on btw} So I have used brown paper in different sizes, just ripped at the edges, layered it to make it look old {this took quite some time, coating both sides a few times and the drying in between} and I thought I'd like to theme the images and since the colours and the texture made me think about the ocean, I made it all deep sea related. So the trick is that every pages images continue with their lines into the next page, where those lines make up different images again, it's like a puzzle {and this also takes some time and patiences and going back and forth} So much FUN ! Oh, and of course there also is a Mermaid :)

Mer-Folk

I will be doing quite a few

Mermaids, Water Nymphs, Mer-Folk

and such in the coming weeks

.ooOoo~~ Blub Blub oo00O00oo ~~.

I had already done some Mermaid paintings and ATC's recently,

but joined Suzi Blu's La Sirena group now as well.

I am so looking forward to this, learning more techniques again

and sharing my stuff with the others and You!

So keep an eye on this spot

*~oOooO~*

The Mermaid and the Shark

4x4 cardstock mixed media with dreamy beeswax finish

A little game I did at Art Trader ...pick 6 numbers...

find out what corresponds with these, make a Mermaid design...

Curvy,Reaching,Blue/violet,Blue-green/violet,Shark,French,Curious