I had knee replacement surgery on July 10th on my left side. The post surgery recovery is SO boring: ice, rest, exercise, ice, rest, and did I mention icing? This all involves a lot of sitting on the couch … captive.
So before surgery, I set myself up to be able to do some art.
Working in one of my small concertina sketchbooks. They open like an accordion and are so much fun to play in.
Here’s the first spread (1st two pages). Used some caran d’ache sticks, ink, watercolors, and pencil.
These next images are close ups of the following pages. Mostly using watercolor, Posca pens, and india ink - then adding collage elements for more interest. I will probably come back and futz some later.
Start of second spread
Added collage elements
Next spread. Just playing with line and shape.
Added collage
Didn’t snap a before pic. All the yellow color elements are collage.
Last spread I worked on. The green numbers (4, 0) were painted onto tissue paper.
Want to try out a concertina sketchbook? I ordered mine on Amazon. The brand is Seawhite. Here is a link
Let me know what you think. I got a small one for my sister who is into Zentangling and she loved it.