Sunday, 13 April 2014

That's all very nice, but what's actually IN the book?!?

Oh, you want to see inside the book? Ok, here are a selection of some of my favourite pages...

                                        Copyright Rebecca Gregory 2014

On the page above I started with the spray paint first, being absolutely clueless as to what I was going to do on the rest of the page. (I did this part in the garage, and I did lots of 'backgrounds' all in one go and stuck them all over the walls to dry) If I make a background that I don't really like, I still work on top of it anyway as it always looks different with a drawing over the top. If I'm still not happy with it I can always just paint over the bits I don't like.

The collage on the left is made up of bits of wallpaper, maps, stickers and random rubbish found on the floor in Tescos. I also like to keep the little tags the mechanics put round my car keys when I take it in for an MOT. The campervan is in the garage quite a bit, so I have lots! (it's not my campervan in the collage, just a cool one spotted at the WOMAD festival) I tend to collect things that are bright colours when I do these 'square' collages, and off-cuts from other collages, I never know when they may come in useful. 
 
                                       Copyright Rebecca Gregory 2014

This one is more of a drawing with doodles stuck over the top. I'd been watching Yellow Submarine.

                                             Copyright Rebecca Gregory 2014

This view is from the top of a car park in Bristol. I wanted to give it a 'retro' feel, so I've used sepia fine liner on cream paper. The flowery wallpaper was found behind the back of the cupboards in our old 70s kitchen, which went in 2009. I made sure I peeled it off very carefully, but I think the rips add to it. I've got more in all sorts of odd shapes.

I wanted the wallpaper behind the drawing, which is why I did the drawing on a separate sheet of paper and stuck it over the top. It helps bring the drawing forward and separate it from the mad flowers in the background. The dress pattern also helps to soften the flowers.

Anyways, more later, it's past my screen-time-curfew.....

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3 comments:

  1. Amanda13 April 2014 at 11:27

    So does that mean I now have a Simplicity dress pattern without a sleeve? What if I want to make Simplicity pattern 3416 some time? If I do, am I allowed to cut up your sketchbook to get the missing sleeve pattern?
    I would also like to make clear that the wallpaper was not chosen by us but was the preferred choice of a previous owner. We are not guilty.....

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  2. A Deeper Sharon22 April 2014 at 00:52

    I found more stuff .. I found more stuff .. now I'm happy :)

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  3. Unknown24 May 2014 at 14:53

    hehe ^^ at the other comments .. ..and thanks for the tip about painting over mistakes ..never thought of that ..better than wasting a page as i've previously done before :/..XX

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