The sketchbook exchange - my book is Home!
A slide show of all the gorgeous work in my book :>) - hovering the mouse over an image will show the name of the artist
My book is home :>) and the sketchbook exchange is almost over :>( , I'm putting the finishing touches to Ronell's book and will post it on Monday I hope. Sorry I was a bit slow with this one Ronell.
Look at all these fabulous images and imaginative ideas.
The challenge that I set for my book was landscape/your surroundings, in any scale - huge vista or tiny detail - and to draw/paint a feather. I enclosed a pigeon feather and my book came back with several lovely feathers including one irridescent capercaillie feather from a military hat in Italy :>) So that's some feather sketches coming up soon!
I love the different twists and original ideas that people gave the themes - the bustling French market full of character being drawn by those feather quills (Ronell), the tumbling Italian towns, glowing fruit and irridescent feather (Robyn), the very original change of scale with the feather and figure and the lovely use of pattern in the background (Nina), the murky pool of fish that echo the feather shape (Glen), the vivid waterways and linoprint feather (Lindsay), the experimenting with collage, stamps and paint integrated into a landscape of houses (Casey), I simply couldn't pick out any one person's work - it's been great :>)
It has been so good to see peoples work in real life and have time to study it before sending it reluctantly on - and know that I would have several pieces of work from each participant at the end in my own book. It has given me ideas for my own work, looking at the way others use materials - nothing negative at all!
For how it worked, just look at the tags on the right of this blog and select sketchbook exchange and you can follow it through from the start - or go to our website to see more: http://flyingpictures.wordpress.com/
Has it made you want to set up a similar exchange?
Comments
What I was astounded by was how I picked out and got most people's work right without having read your post.
Style is a powerful thing!
Beautiful work by everyone!
:>D Rose why not start an exchange of your own with a small group of people you 'talk' to?
Isn't it amazing to see how different people can handle the same subject matter.
Looking forward to seeing the feathers.
The challenge variation is also an intriguing possiblity, see http://twelveby12.blogspot.com/ for an example.
I'm involved in an exchange that arose in reaction to this one. I'm an extremely fledgling artist (and in w-a-y over my head), but the project has happily pushed me so far out of my comfort zone that I may no longer have one, which is an extremely good thing.
Thanks, Vivien, as always, for all your various inspirations.
Congratulations to all of you!
I'm glad some of this was useful to you :>)
I can't claim any credit for the organising of this - it was all down to Lindsay who arranged it brilliantly - and with the moley exchange it was all down to Stephanie - I just enjoyed playing!
my moley is hopefully on the move again having been 'stuck' for a while in the chain
Dinah I've got your exchange bookmarked and wondered why nothing had been posted for a while
and Melanie I'll look your up
Anita I like your recent work and the portrait commission will be interestign to see
ronell
and that's so true Ronell - even when experimenting with new ideas, everyone's unique 'voice' came through strongly
How special that you end up with a set of paintings created by your friends.