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Friday, July 20, 2012

Exercises, Cooking and Art

at 7/20/2012 04:18:00 PM Blog Owner Vicki Holdwick
I began my day by driving to my daughter's house from where we walked just over 5 miles. What a great way to start the day, especially since for the first time in about a month it was cooler than 75ยบ in the early morning. From there I drove to the farm where I got the first installment in the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program. I signed up for the every other week box. Since we are in the midst of a serious drought (we did get a lovely rain last evening), the box was small as was the produce inside, but we got a basil plant, summer squash, yellow peppers, small ears of corn, and some tiny onions. I used a zucchini and a yellow squash with the onions and some basil and did a basic stir fry to which I then added scrambled eggs and tomatoes. We called it lunch. It was delish!


After cleaning up the kitchen and cleaning the bathroom, I decided to cook some lentils that I'd been planning to use for awhile. To those I added some sauteed onions, celery, canned tomatoes, and chorizo along with some cumin and just a pinch of salt. Yummy soup. I didn't really follow a recipe, just went with my soup making instincts. Here is a photo:




I've also started my homework for my Going Green class. I am supposed to try to mimic tree shapes by manipulating the brush in a particular way. I don't think I've got it yet and may have to try some more before handing it in.





And I've been playing in my altered book/art journal some more. Today I just tried another image transfer on each of the facing pages. I am so addicted to image transfers.





I don't know yet where these pages are headed, but once I decide I'll share. 


I've also been traveling with the little yellow man and have a couple of sketches planned - maybe later today. What?! It is already 4:15 pm? Where has my day gone then?


I'd better get this body going if I plan to get done all the things that are on today's list. Of course, there is always tomorrow.......


xoxo
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9 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 20, 2012 at 7:32 PM

    you have had a busy day, I love the honey bear painted over the page and the bottle, i love how just bits show up, its so light and delicate,

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  2. DonatellaJuly 21, 2012 at 3:58 AM

    Hi, how do you do your image transfers ? They look really effective on the book page background :)

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    1. Vicki HoldwickJuly 21, 2012 at 8:15 AM

      Hi Donatella,

      I do my image transfers by laying down a thin layer of Golden Gel Medium and then placing the image face down into it. I then wait for it to dry - sometimes just minutes, sometimes I forget about it for an hour or more. I then wet the back of the paper and rub it away. This works especially well with images from a magazine or newspaper. If I use an inkjet print, I usually leave it overnight and the results are not as predictable, but I still usually like them. xoxo

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    2. DonatellaJuly 21, 2012 at 6:06 PM

      Thank you, Vicky :) I had done it before with black and white toner photocopies, but not with color magazine images ... it opens up a lot of possibilities. I'll definitely try it ! xxx

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  3. JoanJuly 21, 2012 at 11:01 AM

    This transfer technique is intriguing... How thick/thin do you apply it? Just coat the image evenly? How do you stick it to the page? More Gel medium? Full of questions. I've never worked with image transfers, so very curious. I always love to try something new.

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    1. Vicki HoldwickJuly 21, 2012 at 1:25 PM

      Hi Joan,

      In this technique, I put a thin, even layer of gel medium on the receiving surface. I then place the image face down in the medium and smooth it down, rubbing the whole surface to make all of the image makes contact. DO NOT PUT GEL MEDIUM OVER THIS PAPER OR YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET THE BACKING OFF. YOU WILL BE GLUING THE PAPER TO THE PAGE.

      I have had loads of success with magazine and newspaper images, not quite as good with inkjet images, but interesting to try anyway.

      xoxo

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  4. nanke's stuffJuly 23, 2012 at 10:34 AM

    I don't know how I missed this post! Image transfers are a lot of fun to do, and you never really know what they'll look like until they're finished. That might be the best part. I think you did a fine job with the trees - you are so darn hard on yourself .... what am I going to do with you?? hugs, nancy

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  5. Mari Brown and ColourblobJuly 23, 2012 at 4:44 PM

    That soup looks very good, makes me hungry : )

    I think you got it when it comes to the trees, and the best part is that trees never look a like (unless its sometihng that one of nieghbours has, he has cut them all square... very odd looking if I may say). Your trees remind me of the little pines you see here in Ontario (east & north) along lake shore lines. All shaped from the winds, really lovely. So you got it!!!!

    The altered book art is fun, I used to do some but stopped for a while here, I think its something I want to take up again, maybe prep a book for my next camping trip, that would be interesting and fun thing to sketch in... Thank you for the great inspiration!!!

    Cheers,

    Mari

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  6. AlexJuly 24, 2012 at 7:42 AM

    the green class seems fun! I really like how the colors flow like that

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