Workshop on the Web launched a Sketchbook Challenge in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust earlier in the year and I have been hard at work at my sketchbook over the past few months.
I don't normally work from sketchbooks, and use the odd page for printing or trying things out. This exercise has been something of a revelation to me as I set myself a task of creating a themed sketchbook.
My theme was feathers, as I did some feathery work in the book Cut Shape Stitch.
The first thing I did was work on my cover. I used Stix2 Texture Sheets and using a tutorial in Pam Carriker's book Creating Art at the Speed of Life, I made my own sketchbook. I printed a collage of feathers with a colour filter applied and stuck the texture sheets (they are self-adhesive) onto my first and last signatures. The tassels were made using Kreinik metallic ribbons in purple and blue (peacock feather colours).
These are some of the pages I worked on:
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| feathers manipulated on Photoshop and printed onto a variety of surfaces and watercolour painting of a feather. |
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| I used Inktense pencils on this feather to create a mix between crisp lines and softer watercoloured edges |
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| Gelli Plate Printed feathers. I did for the poor feather by the end - it looked distinctly bedraggled, although it did display a fine array of colour |
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| More Gelli Plate printed feathers, outlined with further detail with black pen |
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| stamps and Scan n Cut feathers |
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| Scan n Cut feathers. The blue feathers were a design worked on in Cut Shape Stitch |
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Another Gelli Printed feather (another bedraggled feather assortment by the end).
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All the sketchbooks that have been received will be featured in the December issue of Workshop on the Web, where there will be details on the auction that will take place. All proceeds will go towards Teenage Cancer Trust. I have my eye on a few so far...
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