August's theme was "At the Beach" with the directive to incorporate texture. My beach is made from sandpaper, and the towel is that non-skid stuff you put under mats and such. I was low on ideas for creating more texture, so I resorted to puffy stickers and such :{
I can't say I really like either of these spreads. But that's OK. We don't have to like all of our creations. I think only God can look at ALL that He made and pronounce that "It was good."
As I say about my children's art -- Sometimes the process is just as important as the product!
Have you found this to be so in your own creative journey?
Enjoying both work with giggles. ;) What lovely altered books! And you're spot on about the process ... should we only concentrate on the end result of our art creation, we'd never get joy and satisfaction.
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Thank you, Hyrid J :) Indeed -- even when we don't have the satisfaction of liking our final product, there's joy and satisfaction in just sitting down to create:)Makes me realize that I should provide even more opportunities for my children to get down and messy with creative materials.
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What a great idea! I may have to try that...like the cats too!
ReplyDeleteLOL -- I'm not sure which idea it was that you liked, jlsgrant, but I'm glad, nonetheless, that you liked it:)
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Well what a surprise! I didn't realize that the ocean/beach pages that I liked so much and saw on the AB group were yours! Very nice. I see you're a fan of Carla's Drawing Lab book too. Love the book, her work, and her!
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ReplyDeletePaula, Coleen from CPA, love the sandpaper idea...very clever. I'm working on an altered book too. Guess I should post some of it. Just hard to get everything done. Love your header, so pretty.
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ReplyDeleteI'm DeeJae (Deb) from the Christian Paper Artists yahoo group. It's so nice to meet you, another homeschooler and artist! I love your beach pages, I miss the beach, I didn't get to go to the beach this summer. Your children's art and cats are great too. Off to look around your blog. I look forward to getting to know you better.
Blessings!
DeeJae (Deb0
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Thank you for your kind words, ladies --it's so nice to be making some new connections through the CPA group! Thank you for stopping by and taking the time to comment. I think I've left some love on each of your blogs already -- but I'll double check to make sure because I don't want to miss out on seeing anyone's work. All the creativity is so inspirational!
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