STILLNESS

The theme of the book these are in is "Stillness".

(The left hand page reads: "the quiet peace of a sleeping child". )

I created these pages by first 1) gluing on a layer of novel pages, music score scraps, pictures cut from vintage schoolbooks, and other scraps....

then 2) painted a layer of acrylic paint mixed with gesso.

Then 3) glued on the prominent images (mostly distressed with sandpaper),

4) added lettering,

5) doodled in chalk and pen,

and then 6) painted it all with a tinted acrylic laquer.

I got to use some of my favorite hoarded images of sleeping babies and children and painted it in one of my current favorite colors....a mix of robin's egg blue and a hint of green.