'LIT List It Tuesday 3/15/11 - LuLu's Fabulous Feast of Art Books!'

by Mary Lou 'LuLu' Haynes


Howdy and welcome,

From childhood I've been a voracious reader and bookworm. For the past few past weeks I've been gorging on a feast of art books. Last weekend my hubby surprised me with a slew of art books from our local Borders bookstore - alas, soon to be out of business. For LIT List It Tuesday this week, I decided to list my new books and a bunch more that I'm re-reading. The top six books on the pile are the new ones from hubby!
 
 

'List of books on the menu for my art books 'feast'.

 
 

I think hubby's selection of books for me was brilliant. To me, one of the best things in the world to do is read a pile of books while listening to classical music on the radio. Bliss.

Do you have any of these books? What are some of your fave art books?

(These photos were taken in our sun room/parlor overlooking the back yard - and a bird bath. The binoculars are used when I'm bird watching.)

For more blogspot lists, check out List It Tuesday here.

Thanks for visiting and please come back soon.

Peace,

LuLu

'WOYWW - Makin' a mess!'

by Mary Lou 'LuLu' Haynes

Howdy and Welcome,

For WOYWW this week, my workspace has some altered books that I'm prepping to be travel journals.

"Makin' a Mess" -
vintage kids books, gessos, wax paper, deli paper, rubbermaid containers

Left book is an old hardcover Golden kids book. Right book is a softcover kids book. Over the past few months, both books have been slathered with multiple layers of gesso (tinted, clear and white). This was after pages were removed and alternate pages adhered together for more support. Page corners are decorated with my 'homemade' embossed aluminum tape. Just finished another gesso layer and they're going to dry overnight.

Some of the rubbermaid containers were a failed idea. A while back I mixed several colors of tinted gesso. The few that I covered with plastic wrap  before putting on the lid all dried out. Oh, well - you live and learn. At least they didn't all dry out!

Have you tried your hand at altering old books yet? How do you prep your books? Do you spend a long time in the 'PREP' phase like I do?! I'd love to see some of your 'prepped' works in progress.

Please comment about this post - or any of my other posts. Here's a peek at more artist spaces at the WOYWW blog hop.

Thanks for visiting and please stop by again soon.

Peace,
LuLu