Lydia's Entry into Annika's book

As our sketch books progress I am becoming increasingly interested in making connections with previous entries, pulling common elements together.

The initial inspiration for my entry into Annika's book came from a pattern I saw in a cafe.  I wanted to record what I saw in order to refer to it when I got home.  I had a drawing pen with me but nothing to suggest the tone or colour that gave the pattern the effect of an illusion.  My daughter had her make up bag with her so I smudged some eye shadow onto the drawings with a finger tip to add depth.  I liked the way the eye shadow adhered to the paper, giving a subtle suggestion of tone without the dust and subsequent mess of charcoal.  Once back at my desk I used cut paper to achieve a crisp edge and developed a greater appreciation for the a product which is indeed intended to create an aesthetic illusion around the eyes!  I made connections between the found pattern and the curves in Angela's snake, the strong line and angles in the first few entries of the book and the subtle shading of the female face.

Jeane's entry in Eric's book

Working with white paint, frottage, rubber stamps, and various found materials to "impress" Eric.

Illusion entry by Angela

I really liked the strong, design-like imagery in Annika's book, and the overall flow of it. I DID try to continue this flow by playing off of the circles, however, I've regretfully lost the abstract or minimal feel. 

 My "illusion"entry is inspired from summer travels. Specifically, I combined some religious imagery from my two-weeks in Thailand and 11 days in a small village in Southern France.

Inspiration:

Perched overlooking the rolling countryside of Castelnou de Montmirail, this statue of the Virgin Mary has a haunting expression. She looks especially worried or sorrowful, or perhaps it's an expression of pleading, since at one point the village was known as a safe-haven for Catholics. Maybe she stood out to me because her severity contrasted so greatly from the reassuring warmth of the surrounding sunflower fields.

In Thailand, snake-like Naga images proliferate.The many stories behind this deity are fascinating. In statues like this one, Naga uses many heads to shelter Buddha. 

At most Wat entrances, two massive Naga protect either side of the 
staircase, with one formidable head coming out of another at the base of the stairs.

PATTERN entry, love from Sweden

Howdy,

WOODGRAIN CLOUD

so i found some old letraset when away on vacation.... something so nice about pre-digital ways of putting patterns on stuff! in any case, now it has been used to burn some silkscreens, which is how i got this pattern into the book. i thought to place a "signature" collage bit a bit further into the next pages, and also, i've included a bit more of the pattern printed violet onto tracing paper into the envelope, in case anyone wants to collage later on in the sequence.

holla,