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May 29, 2007

A Small Story



Here is the first illustration for my handmade book called "A Small Story". Ink drawings on colored recycled backgrounds of failed paintings. I love to work on random bits and pieces to create something new. This is the beginning. The whole book will be about 6 inches wide and four inches tall. I don't use pencil first, just dive in and see what happens. It's all about Small.
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9 comments:

  1. eshuTue May 29, 03:37:00 PM EDT

    this is gorgeous! what a great start to the book... i can't wait to see more

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  2. Susan SchwakeTue May 29, 04:19:00 PM EDT

    well thank you! more pages are being scanned... :-)

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  3. laserone_Wed May 30, 01:52:00 AM EDT

    This is really neat! What a cool idea. :)

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  4. AnonymousWed May 30, 07:51:00 PM EDT

    What a great little idea, Susan. I'd like to see the rest of the book... :)

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  5. AbigailWed May 30, 08:37:00 PM EDT

    So pretty. I love the idea of using old paintings - I always feel horrible scrapping things that just didn't quite work, so that's a wonderful idea!

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  6. flossy-pThu May 31, 03:02:00 AM EDT

    Looks gorgeous. Can't wait to see the rest!

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  7. AnonymousThu May 31, 03:06:00 AM EDT

    very cute and isn't it great to recycle! look forward to seeing the progress.

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  8. AnonymousThu May 31, 01:34:00 PM EDT

    Children love small things, looking forward to see how you play out the theme. Looks fun.

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  9. paintandinkFri Jun 01, 10:11:00 AM EDT

    This is very enticing. I love the idea of using recycled bits of paintings, and diving right in.

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thanks so much!

susan