Michelle Burnett's moleskine theme is souvenirs and postcards. I went back and forth thinking about the only 2 homes I've ever known: Louisiana and Texas. Every idea I came up with for either state seemed a bit trite and then I thought about stretching Michelle's theme a bit, hence Souvenirs of My Childhood. As a child, I loved our set of Golden Book Encyclopedias that Mom bought at the grocery store each week. Do ya'll remember these books? The covers were highly illustrated and the inside, had a lot of simple drawings. For a little kid who loved to draw, I spent a lot of time looking at and copying those pictures, constantly discovering new pictures and drawings.
For Souvenirs of My Childhood, I decided to copy two of my favorite covers and in the background I included drawings that I did when I was about 6 or 7 years old. Looking at these books now, I realize how simplistic and dated the content is, but I have to tell you, I still love those illustrated covers.
Wow Angela! I so love the direction you took this theme, and your results are really wonderful! I too loved the Golden Books!
ReplyDeleteI just love the whole piece, the colours, the underlying abstract design and beautiful application of paint.
ReplyDeleteI love this, too. The design is so strong and colors are beautiful. Happy childhood memories!
ReplyDeleteThis is so wonderful, Angela - the design and memories of childhood.
ReplyDeleteOh what a fabulous childhood memory and so well illustrated. I love what you did, the mixture of your work as a child and the covers. So sweet, intricate and innocent. Perfect.
ReplyDeleteAngela, this is a great job. I agree with everyone else on the beautiful composition and colours. I can't believe you still have drawings from when you were a child.
ReplyDeleteIts wonderful, Angela! I absolutely love children's books and illustrations so this is a real treat. I'm so looking forward to seeing it in person! Thank you so much!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great answer to the theme, Angela! Love the composition and color. Ahhh...childhood memories!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely treasured my Golden Books and when I was a kid I used to try and draw some of the pictures of my favorite characters like the Poky Little Puppy.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great interpretation. I love the colors and your childhood drawings underneath. Brought back memories for me, too!
ReplyDeleteThis blog is such fun to visit! Everyone involved is so creative. Always interesting to see what each one of you will come up with to interpret the subject.
Absolutely super-duper, Angela! What a neat idea, and done marvelously. Classics Illustrated and Golden Books were a mainstay in the little Parker boy's library. Although it's politically incorrect nowadays, Little Black Sambo was my favorite...when the tiger ran around the palm tree chasing his tail...he turned into tiger butter. Ah, those were the days.
ReplyDeleteI loved those books, too -- I think I had the enclopedias also. One was just for nursery rhymes and the illustrations were incredible. Maybe those plums were from Little Jack Horner? This is a really evocative group of images here. Very, very nice. I too am astounded that you have your childhood drawings. So cool!!!
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