Winter, it's almost here..

I really enjoy my winter months, it's finally time to relax and enjoy some artistic projects. Since I am a seasonal employee, winter is MY time. Last year I submitted a few things to magazines, none have been published so far, but a few are being held for future consideration. I am considering that again, have my eye on some March submission deadlines. 

What I did do is sign up for an on-line journal class. It's titled "Book of the Night", which appealed to me. Most of the pages will be black, kind of a backwards approach, working up from black. The class is taught by Juliana Coles, who was in my first Michael DeMeng workshop in New Orleans. She was always carrying around her sketch book, which I found very intriguing. She is a fantastic artist! Her workshops are called Extreme Visual Journalism, and I know I'm in for a real twist, this is something I have never done. 

I have been hunting and gathering, always the first stage of any art project. Bought the books that will be altered. 

I was looking for a spiral bound book that was not too big but had a rigid cover. The class also asks you to get a book of poetry, sadly there's no such item in my house. Until today.

I want to work small, you learn faster that way, so I also bought a couple of old books called Little Journeys. They were inexpensive, but really cool. Bound by string, we'll see how much I decide to alter (ruin?) them. 

I've already started playing with paper to understand the coating pages part. You know there are lots of questions, like "What kind of medium works best?", or "How do you keep them from sticking together?". 

Maybe the most exciting part is I've also signed up for Michael DeMeng's "Punk Fiction" workshop, which will be assemblage work, but with a book (inside and out). So between journaling and assemblage, this will be a very interesting winter. 

A winter that might be well recorded. 

Comments

[Rebecca Ryan]

Sounds exciting! Can't wait to see the results!

[karen@windyhill.net]

Definitely something new, we'll see how much photography is in it, versus drawing. I'm excited...