CALENDAR ART CHALLENGE

January 30, 2015 

Altered February picture

Original February Picture

This is the second month of a new 2015 Art and Sole Challenge issued by Darcy Wilkinson, artist extraordinaire. Each month, participants alter the appropriate month's art piece from their calendar collection. My calendar's February art was  "LADY READING" by an American watercolorist,  Childe Hassam... 1898.

Each month, we're given techniques to include in our alterations. This month, our paint effects included using cling film and/or bubble wrap in some way and adding some corrugated card to the mix...what d'ya think?
Looking forward to seeing what other participants have done. Why don't you come and check it out with me... go to http://art-and-sole.blogspot.co.uk/ 
Thanks for stopping by...

Big Hugs til next time,
abbyj
 

BOOK ART

January 28, 2015 

January book review time...I hope your month has been enjoyable. Ours has been blanketed with beautiful, soft snow...cold, but very picturesque.

My book for January is pure magic! Part fantasy, part adventure coupled with an unusual display of old photos, this is a story that will appeal to teens as well as adults...MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN!

The story is told through the eyes of 16 year old Jacob, a boy who grew up on his grandfather's seemingly fantastic stories of his youth and the children's' home where he spent his childhood. But as Jacob grew older, he stopped believing in the validity of those stories...until he sees something unbelievable when his grandfather is murdered. Because the people around Jacob question his mental stability when he tries to explain what he saw, his father takes him to an island  off the coast of Wales where his grandfather spent his "magical years..." to try to help him reconcile the truth from fantasy. THIS is where the REAL magic begins.

Enthralling, magical, spooky and wonderful, this is definitely one of the most original and captivating books I've  read in a very long time. Suspend your sense of reality and READ IT!!