Know when to fold 'em
Apr. 28th, 2024 01:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
offcntrSaw something interesting on Instagram lately, a three-dimensional folded art piece. Looked like fun, so I thought I'd give it a try.
My first try was an exchange book for our book arts group. The topic for the month was rain/showers/water, and I was reminded of the culverts we used to explore on the farm when I was a kid. Didn't have time to do a tunnel book, but thought this might give me the dimensional feel as well. It's an anime pen--Sakura's Pigma Sensei 04--on mixed media drawing paper, folded and cut with an Xacto knife. Turned out pretty well, so I didn't feel that disappointed that nobody else brought an exchange and I got to keep it.
Had so much fun--and half a sheet of drawing paper left--that I decided to try again. This one was inspired by a watercolor in my sketchbook that we've made into a card for Pulp Romances, though with our current generation of kitties. I also decided to do it in full color, both sides, so borrowed some color pencils from Denise--my usual default, Crayola markers, dry too slowly and wind up getting smudged all over on this particular paper. Turned out really well, I thought. And it doubled as a card for Denise's birthday on Friday.
That's Flynn and Tiki, the kitties, and bears Bigfoot and Christiaan Bearnard.
My first try was an exchange book for our book arts group. The topic for the month was rain/showers/water, and I was reminded of the culverts we used to explore on the farm when I was a kid. Didn't have time to do a tunnel book, but thought this might give me the dimensional feel as well. It's an anime pen--Sakura's Pigma Sensei 04--on mixed media drawing paper, folded and cut with an Xacto knife. Turned out pretty well, so I didn't feel that disappointed that nobody else brought an exchange and I got to keep it.
Had so much fun--and half a sheet of drawing paper left--that I decided to try again. This one was inspired by a watercolor in my sketchbook that we've made into a card for Pulp Romances, though with our current generation of kitties. I also decided to do it in full color, both sides, so borrowed some color pencils from Denise--my usual default, Crayola markers, dry too slowly and wind up getting smudged all over on this particular paper. Turned out really well, I thought. And it doubled as a card for Denise's birthday on Friday.
That's Flynn and Tiki, the kitties, and bears Bigfoot and Christiaan Bearnard.