THIS PAGE IS CURRENTLY A WORK IN PROGRESS STARTED 6/20/09
I love painting bookmarks because they make great gifts and they are a functional piece of art. I laminate most of them and add a tassle before giving them away as a gift . . . if I don't laminate them, people are afraid to use them for bookmarks lest they wreck them, and what good is a bookmark if you cannot use it to save a spot in your favorite book?
All the bookmarks below are done on watercolor paper using watercolor pencils. I'd like to try some bookmarks in the future using other media.
My subject matter relates to the person receiving the bookmark, so before painting one, I ask the receiver what they would like on the bookmark. Other times, when it is a surprise gift, I have to guess at what the person would like on it. I titled the bookmarks below by the receiver's name, and what the subject matter means to them.
Sarah
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Liz
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Lori
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John
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Sarah: Sarah is my wonderful pseudo-stepdaughter. This is a picture of her tatoo with one of her favorite phrases.
Liz: Liz is a long time special neighbor. She asked for an Irish theme for her bookmark, so this is what I came up with. Lori: Lori loves to quilt. I wasn't happy about this bookmark, as I screwed it up half way through, and the subject matter isn't all that familiar to me, so I just finished it up with basically crap. John: John is my boyfriend and pseudo-fiance. We share stuffed animal "kids," so this is a painting of our stuffies: Walter, Johnson, Grady and Tegu. |
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