AVDWT Progress and Jellie Bee 17th of June

I haven't managed to read much more of "The Wasp Factory" just yet but I'll be sure to sit down and read some more at some point today. But yesterday I made a leather cover for my sketchbook, the inside still needs some work but I'm still pretty pleased with how it's turned out thus far.

I went into town and bought two bags of leather scraps for £1.99 per bag and bought some fabric that has the feel and texture of blackout blinds and used that as a base for the cover. Once I constructed the cover on top I cut away most of the base fabric. The only issues I had is I ran out of hot glue and that the book cover ended up being a bit small to remedy this I added some more leather to the edges. For decoration I added some stud stickers I also bought while I was in town. I didn't want this cover to look neat at all so I added some standard brown twine to tie the cover as a closure. The cover still need a bit more work and I shall no doubt be adding more to it over time. 

I also went back to the page on Leviticus an drew what I think he should look like next to the extract I talked about in my last post.

In none project related news I made a video about some stickers and prints I ordered from an artist called Jellie Bee.

Artists I have been looking at:

Tara McPherson
'Supernova' - Invite image for Tara's upcoming show at Merry Karnowsky

Unlike most of the work I look at Tara's work has more of a block colour feel to it. I love this piece in particular because of how it draws the eye in, the black of the background really pushes the character out from everything else. I really like that the stars and hearts in bubbles are passing through the heart shaped hole in the girls chest.  I could sit here all day and analyse this image that the bubbles around the small hearts could symbolize how the artist is protecting herself from getting attached  due to previous heart break hence the heart shaped hole.

Adolie Day is a Frence based ex textile designer of 3 years working in children's fashion, who has now taken up illustration. Most of her illustrations are inspired by fairy tales, she also likes to draw retro styled characters. She works in a range of mediums most prominently (for me at least) watercolour. Her style ranges from detailed to beautifully simplistic.







Pages and articles I have been looking at
In pictures: Art on the Street 2014
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/adolieday
www.facebook.com/pages/Adolie-Day
/www.facebook.com/taramcpherson