I had a lot of fun playing digitally with my rose pictures yesterday (using Adobe Photoshop Elements) and wanted to put them to good use for the Sketchbook Project. I printed off 2 pictures, one the mirror image of the other but simply could not make them work together so instead I used the same picture twice which worked out more satisfying.
The scavenged (from myself!) photos I used did not feature Rosa Mundi but this struck me as a lovely title for the spread so I took some artistic licence with that. The letters are rub-offs. I also scavenged a piece of the watercolour paper I used to print the rose pictures on and stamped it with a lovely saying from one of my rubber stamps. The edges were distressed with an inkpad. I also added the scavenged postage stamps as shown. In fact, postage stamps seem to have become the leitmotiv of my Sketchbook.
I was only after I had glued these stamps on, taking care with their colour and composition, that I noticed they were all Hungarian stamps and I think this adds to the overall harmony. The gold scrap I used on the left hand page was a gift long ago from my friend Lenna!
It's getting ever harder to get a scan of my spreads as my sketchbook is getting fat! I might have to resort to taking photographs of it instead.
4 comments:
a fat sketchbook is a loved sketchbook - I know you will agree! so fun seeing that gold trim in there
: ^ )) lenna
Hi Frieda, love what you have done here. I love everything I see that I have missed lately. I also agree with Lenna on the fat sketchbook.
Hugs,
Debby
Hey Frieda!
I came here from Lenna's because I just had to check out your sketchbook! I just signed up myself and am looking for inspiration. I knew I would find it here!
Thanks so much for all the lovely comments and Studio Rose, let me know your user name for The Sketchbook Project and I'll send you a friend request. I love looking at what everyone is producing!
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