My Sketchbook Project is finished! It was actually done ahead of the April 30th deadline, which is when it had to be postmarked. The paintings and cover was all glued at 5 minutes past midnight on Tuesday and was mailed Thursday afternoon. The post office tracking showed it arrived at the Brooklyn Art Library on Saturday afternoon. They are to catalog and digitize the books by the end of June when they depart on a multi-city tour and will end up back in Brooklyn to become part of their permanent collection. When mine is published online, I'll post the link here.
By the time I was finished with putting the book together, I felt burnt out and just wanted to be finished. I spent the last 6 months working on it, since January exclusively. My usual medium of acrylic paint wasn't allowed so I had to learn how to use gouache paints, which were very different. I also used markers, watercolors, crayons and pastel pencils, usually a combination on a single picture. Acrylics allow you to cover mistakes,but the other mediums don't, so I often had to redo the entire picture if the mistakes were too big. It was challenging to say the least. Some of the pictures did not come out as well as I'd hoped, because the new paints weren't able to do the shading and effects that I'm used to. It was frustrating, but I did the best that I could within the limitations.
I'm hoping that as the memory of the difficulties fade, that I'll feel more of a sense of accomplishment. In any case, I'm glad that my art will be in a permanent collection and that a different audience will see it.
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I will be anxiously awaiting the digital version! It is quite the honor to end up in a permanent collection!! Congratulations!
What a pretty cover!
This a big work and I wish your sketchbook be appreciated , Jacky.
Love
Michel
Again I can never remember how to get here as I seldom use xanga except to post an entry.
Congratulations on completing the project and I would hope to see it some day. Will it be available only in big cities or maybe online some how?
@BLB: Yes, it's supposed to be scanned & online for viewing by the end of June, I think. When they send me the link to view it, I'll post it here so you can see it.
If I remember to check here. Maybe a note on FB to check here would jog my memory.
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