In anticipation of my son coming home from Africa, I went blueberry picking last week, and this Sunday my son and his friends put together this delicious blueberry pie. Pretty nice!
:-)
After reading Erica's blog http://artprojectgirl.blogspot.com/ yesterday about an inspiring painting professor, I decided it was time to get creative. So, I finally started painting and collaging my altered book, that I talked about in the blog back when school was ending. This project is in preparation for making these again with 6th graders this fall. Earlier this summer I began by cutting into the book to create my river, and then gesso-ing all surfaces to be painted.
The book is based on the lyrics of the Beatles song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. I chose it because the lyrics have such magnificent visual imagery. These are the first two pages:
Picture yourself on a boat in a river,
with tangerine trees and marmalade skies...
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly -
the girl with kaleidoscope eyes.
In book pages still to complete, images include: towering cellophane flowers of yellow and green, newspaper taxis, plasticene porters with looking-glass ties, a girl with the sun in her eyes, and of course, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. Hope I can get it done!
Wow! That book is awesome the kids are going to be so inspired to make theirs when they see this. I can't wait to see all the pictures please post! Thanks for the link. Blueberry pie! I'm drooling. It's the best for b-fast. Maybe you will inspire me to cook! Right now I'm off to a wedding in upstate NY so I guess I will just have to settle for eating for now.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea! So creative, too! Hope we get to see the whole thing.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on getting started on your altered book. I keep meaning to do it, but have never gotten around to it.
ReplyDeleteThe pie looks YUMMY!
jan
I absolutely LOVE the altered book! I want to make one now.
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