Just received Suzanne's Moly

It looks great Suzanne! That 90lb paper glued in well. It looks like your book got a little wet in transit though. The back cover is a little warped and there is some water rings towards the end pages but nothing major. I'll get right on this. So the theme is "After Dark" right? I attached a photo to show the watermark.



-Joey

Diana's Book

I've finally finished my entry in Diana's book. It took me a little while to come up with something as drawing "creatures" isn't something that I do very often and is a bit of a challenge for me when I do. (This was good practice though. :-)) For my entry I used acrylic paint and pencil.

Here it is:

And along with Diana's:



Hope you like it. I'm sending it off to Suzanne today.

My Book: After Dark

The sign-in page of my Moly for the exchange. Done with Sharpie pen and watercolor right on the Moleskine paper (which I think is yucky).

My theme is After Dark, which allowed me to start with owls and I felt it was open enough to allow for lots of different interpretations.

Here is my first page completed and en route to Joey (sorry about the delay!). I used a sheet of 90 pound Arches hot press to create my work which was then glued into the actual book. This allowed me to work in my favorite medium - watercolor - without going completely crazy because of dealing with the paper.

Another view with the book standing so you catch a glimpse of the sign-in page and the entire first page in the book. The glue in addition of extra paper does not seem to be a problem, although it does leave a stark edge rather than a graceful bleed out to the next design.

Testing, Testing, 1,2,3 Testing...

This is a test of the Moly broadcast network. Remember this is just a test. You should have been sent an email that this post was... ummm... posted. If you did not, well, then I did something wrong. Let me know if you received an email when this posted. Thanks.

-Joey

Updates?

I really, really, really, want to draw in a Moly. Any updates. Where are we at?

Incoming & Outward bound

Received Natalie's book! Looks fabulous . . . planning sketch for my part done (I know, I know mine is not in the mail yet).

On going work (a preview) and out going (by the morning mail) - my moly. See the preview picture:

This is the sign in page, the sketch for my first entry is done too it just needs paint. Theme is "After Dark".

I am sequestered in my studio for the second day in a row (ah- summer) and I will finish and mail this to Joey by morning - first thing!

Anyone else ever wonder why the Moleskine folks don't put better paper in their books considering how many artists use them? Cause the paper sucks! Back to work.

The finished product.

Books sent and received

Just received Joey's book from Diana. It looks great!
Sent my book to Suzanne today, so that should be arriving in the next few days.