Lara W. traveled 100 miles to attend the Noir Magic Class. You saw the in process photo in the last post. Today I received a photo of her first finished piece.
Lara added and blended Prismacolor pencils with the gel pens. The piece reminds me of a story book or a fable and certainly reminds me of illuminated manuscripts. Well done Lara! I think it’s beautiful. What do you think?
Great class!!! The photos of the works in progress says it all. Enjoy.
I learned so much from my students! Thank you.
My students excel beyond anything I can teach them. I give them some pens and black paper and try to give a way to start out slowly. Then they jump into the deep end on their own with joy and create beautiful work. It always astounds me.
I need to come up with a different name for the class in the future because it’s never strictly Illuminated Letters. Any ideas for a new class name welcomed.
Showing here many process shots and having the hope that my students will send me photos when they finish at home.
Beowolf
Thanks to Artistic Artifacts for the wonderful art community.
Group of handmade books
I’ve been on a bookmaking binge using black Artagain paper and Sakura Gelly roll pens. At the first Illuminated Book Class I taught a lovely student gave me a blank small handmade book and I filled it up with gel pen drawings. I continued making books of my own, and started cutting and punching through some of the pages. It’s fun to see something evolve like this. You never know where a technique will take you so it’s good to stick with it and see what happens.
The next Illuminated Letter Class is September 9th at Artistic Artifacts. Come along for the journey where I’ll be sharing all these techniques and more.
Shaped Cover
Shaped Cover
Shaped pages inside
Gel Pens on black paper
Gel Pens on black paper
Judy’s Altered Minds JAMS group meets Sunday, June 25, 2017 at 1pm at Artistic Artifacts in Alexandria for Artist Trading Cards, then for the general meeting.
The 2.5″ x 3.5″ trading card collages were made by cutting up some of the gel pen drawings I’ve recently made.
The second Illuminated Letter class with theresa mARTin will be held at Artistic Artifacts on Saturday, June 10, 2017, 10am to 2:30. In addition to working on letters, you will receive everything to make the collage in the photo above. Included too, is a small blank book like the ones in the top of the photo.
Sign up is —> HERE. All materials you will need are included in the price of the class ($68.00). You will leave class with your own custom hand made design perfect to frame, use in book arts or as a greeting card. Join us!
Student Sue Carroll sent me a photo of her finished piece from last week’s Illuminated Letter Class. I love the direction she took this piece. It’s always exciting to see a group of people start with similar elements and end up with individual and creative work. The leaves around the cat are beautifully patterned and remind me of Indian print fabric. The drop leaves seem to represent a forest outside the altar or house. The deep grasses are waving above watery blue which feels like a river. We practiced mark making before the students chose from the several projects offered. Sue cleverly used delicate gold marks to make up the cat’s coat.
The rest of the photos here are works in progress from the class day.
This class will be repeated on Saturday, June 10th at Artistic Artifacts.
The piece above was done with stencils and gel pens.
To the right you can see a work sheet of marks.
A butterfly and an eye token O.
An altar for K
Exploring the letter C
An altar for K in progress
Delicate circles in the border and a gilded halo for the girl.
I’m looking forward to the next class!
