i recently did a mini book swap with a very talented mixed media artist in germany, valerie-jael tups. i met her through blogging; we both enjoy the paint party friday blog.
she told me she liked birds, and i told her i liked paris...so those were the themes we used for each other's books. today i am sharing the book i made for her...tomorrow i will show you the book she made for me and whoa nelly!!!! does her work ever put mine to shame, lol! :-D
i began with a 3" black blank board book and adhered painted, stamped, and other scrapbooky papers to each page. the cover title is french for "birds."
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| on the right, i used a dip pen to outline and drip acrylic ink into wet glossy accents medium |
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| the paper on the left has flower petals embedded which i enhanced with inks |
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| the paper on the right has leaves embedded in it |