tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677544904622164082011-04-21T15:42:25.048-07:00sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10649534909281575771noreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467754490462216408.post-2770912742414083472008-08-09T16:35:00.000-07:002008-09-13T21:21:59.969-07:00More unstructured fun in the NAJ, using ink, barcodes, photo, collage and marker.<br /><br />Just doodling around... <table width="150" border="0"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vvwQLhduFh8/SJ5H47_gYSI/AAAAAAAAAdg/6DtMZMgjGic/s1600-h/barcodedsm.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232698860553396514" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vvwQLhduFh8/SJ5H47_gYSI/AAAAAAAAAdg/6DtMZMgjGic/s200/barcodedsm.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></td><td><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vvwQLhduFh8/SJ5H5BtI83I/AAAAAAAAAdo/Ifep0s9AdIk/s1600-h/blues.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232698862086976370" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vvwQLhduFh8/SJ5H5BtI83I/AAAAAAAAAdo/Ifep0s9AdIk/s200/blues.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vvwQLhduFh8/SJ5H5tRXlJI/AAAAAAAAAdw/rDFtxPfNITQ/s1600-h/gingerbread.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232698873781654674" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vvwQLhduFh8/SJ5H5tRXlJI/AAAAAAAAAdw/rDFtxPfNITQ/s200/gingerbread.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vvwQLhduFh8/SJ5H5lhlYOI/AAAAAAAAAd4/quC8GSNQdcI/s1600-h/thinkingtime.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232698871702184162" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vvwQLhduFh8/SJ5H5lhlYOI/AAAAAAAAAd4/quC8GSNQdcI/s200/thinkingtime.jpg" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1467754490462216408-277091274241408347?l=novelartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10649534909281575771noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467754490462216408.post-495886489548824902008-07-26T09:39:00.000-07:002008-07-26T09:45:47.280-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vvwQLhduFh8/SItT7NkdaiI/AAAAAAAAAbo/5YvWaGxsqs0/s1600-h/painted.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227364069213563426" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vvwQLhduFh8/SItT7NkdaiI/AAAAAAAAAbo/5YvWaGxsqs0/s320/painted.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Paint and images from a Utrecht art supply catalog. </div>the book is about 8x5" so this double spread is about 8x10".<br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1467754490462216408-49588648954882490?l=novelartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10649534909281575771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467754490462216408.post-14529499196405436852008-07-20T11:02:00.000-07:002008-07-20T11:08:45.915-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vvwQLhduFh8/SIN-Lc8XoHI/AAAAAAAAAbY/66Q1SV9Af7k/s1600-h/naj-6.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225158727892967538" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vvwQLhduFh8/SIN-Lc8XoHI/AAAAAAAAAbY/66Q1SV9Af7k/s320/naj-6.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>A little more work done on this and it now feels complete. </div><br />Forgive the blue cast, I neglected to adjust the white balance in camera, and post-processing is never quite accurate for me.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1467754490462216408-1452949919640543685?l=novelartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10649534909281575771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467754490462216408.post-90217338905317357802008-07-19T15:15:00.000-07:002008-07-19T15:32:16.757-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vvwQLhduFh8/SIJqQKuUIeI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/5vqOCC50GZw/s1600-h/naj-5.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224855343692259810" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vvwQLhduFh8/SIJqQKuUIeI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/5vqOCC50GZw/s320/naj-5.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Had a notion regarding women as life preservers, used w/c pencil, graphite, gesso, image transfers done with water to convey this idea. I feel like I am in art school, struggling to express something with particular methods and materials, tho all self-imposed. </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1467754490462216408-9021733890531735780?l=novelartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10649534909281575771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467754490462216408.post-37398293948512325522008-07-18T19:27:00.000-07:002008-07-18T19:35:27.344-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vvwQLhduFh8/SIFSnJ-yoDI/AAAAAAAAAbI/MrwxqAPQmkg/s1600-h/naj-3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224547875374145586" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vvwQLhduFh8/SIFSnJ-yoDI/AAAAAAAAAbI/MrwxqAPQmkg/s320/naj-3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>the red side is stamped from a granola bar wrapper and acrylic paint, a torn piece of photo paper on top, followed with an interesting piece of paint skin.</div><br /><div>the blue page is stamped with bubble wrap and acrylic paint, topped with a beautiful bug image cut from a magazine some time ago. my fave page so far!</div><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1467754490462216408-3739829394851232552?l=novelartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10649534909281575771noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467754490462216408.post-51242962637802639092008-07-17T16:31:00.000-07:002008-07-17T16:40:31.969-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vvwQLhduFh8/SH_Xy1WFDuI/AAAAAAAAAa4/BGIb9Wp2kRw/s1600-h/naj-2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224131361086181090" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vvwQLhduFh8/SH_Xy1WFDuI/AAAAAAAAAa4/BGIb9Wp2kRw/s320/naj-2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>So I was watching "Fiddler on the Roof" and did a simple collage of the fiddler at sunset, the facing page evolved into something else entirely. </div><div>hee, hee. it's like climbling the ladder to the top of a slide and sliiidding down. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br />paper, graphite, paste, magazine images<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1467754490462216408-5124296263780263909?l=novelartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10649534909281575771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467754490462216408.post-14330229905237559202008-07-16T20:24:00.000-07:002008-07-16T20:49:19.302-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vvwQLhduFh8/SH7AZDP8-sI/AAAAAAAAAak/34P39LccKxE/s1600-h/novel-art-journal-title-pag.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223824154397833922" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vvwQLhduFh8/SH7AZDP8-sI/AAAAAAAAAak/34P39LccKxE/s320/novel-art-journal-title-pag.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>A <span style="color:#cc0000;">novel art project</span> for me, will make an art journal from, you guessed it, a novel! Wheee, scribble in a book, do whatever I like, that makes me feel giddy with delight! A bit silly and naughty but perfectly legal and harmless, so no worries.</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>I selected a less than thrilling book on my shelf, something I tried to read but couldn't get excited about, and it has about 350 pages, should last a year of journaling. I had purchased some older books at a yard sale, but don't want to spoil them this way--will save them for other projects.</div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vvwQLhduFh8/SH7AY8Mz41I/AAAAAAAAAac/BiwnL3AJJjI/s1600-h/novel-art-journal-title-pag.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>I've recently been exploring collage and looked at altered books, <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vvwQLhduFh8/SH7AmGmd7gI/AAAAAAAAAas/DaDcb-yXN8w/s1600-h/naj-1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223824378635873794" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vvwQLhduFh8/SH7AmGmd7gI/AAAAAAAAAas/DaDcb-yXN8w/s320/naj-1.jpg" border="0" /></a>and assemblage, fun and interesting stuff where the outer galaxy seems to be the limit...and I'd like to loosen up and see what kind of different things I can come up with. </div><br /><br /><div>here goes something...........</div><br /><br /><div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1467754490462216408-1433022990523755920?l=novelartjournal.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10649534909281575771noreply@blogger.com0