Altered Books the Sequel: A Daily Practice by Creativebug

All levels | 3 hours 14 min

Altered Books the Sequel: A Daily Practice
Overview02:02
Day 1 - Materials05:16
Day 2 - Prepare pages03:50
Day 3 - Repetitive doodles and erasure poem09:30
Day 4 - Security envelope collage with transparency line drawing10:47
Day 5 - Texture collage10:09
Day 6 - Blind contour selfie03:27
Day 7 - Working with postage stamps11:14
Day 8 - Torn collage08:39
Day 9 - Extremities collection05:55
Day 10 - Silhouette mash-up07:25
Day 11 - Working with tissue paper05:11
Day 12 - More is more collage10:23
Day 13 - Board book variations04:52
Day 14 - Halos06:20
Day 15 - Black out background with gel pen doodles06:51
Day 16 - The vision beam06:49
Day 17 - Off the page: punch paper garland01:54
Day 18 - Block out cells as structure02:21
Day 19 - Isolate a line02:02
Day 20 - Monoprint 06:45
Day 21 - Big lines03:39
Day 22 - Replace a face06:33
Day 23 - Make a collection07:34
Day 24 - Off the page: bunting03:41
Day 25 - Tissue paper transfer08:40
Day 26 - Make a visual list of a single item04:10
Day 27 - Gesso ghosts04:23
Day 28 - Clean-up collage06:26
Day 29 - Make a study11:47
Day 30 - Colophon with Courtney and Faith05:36

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Whether you have an established sketchbook practice or are looking for a creative jumpstart, making art in a book is an exciting and intriguing source of artful exploration. Join artists Courtney Cerruti and Faith Hale as they revisit their favorite Creativebug collaboration: the Altered Book Daily Challenge, in this jam-packed “sequel”. And if you haven’t seen their first class, have no fear- Courtney and Faith cover the basics, while giving you 30+ brand new prompts.

Here’s what you’ll need:

Found hardcover book of your choice
4-6 sources of source material including books, magazines, and scrap paper with a balance of new/vintage, glossy/matte, colorful/black and white
Scotch "create" glue stick Permanent
Scissors
X-acto knife and cutting mat
Tape
China marker in black and white
K-60 Krink markers in any colors
Transparency film
Collage fodder like security business envelopes,
A covered brick or equivalent weight
Parchment or waxed paper
Tissue paper
Permanant marker
Acrylic ink
Watercolor
Metallic paper
Paper straws
Bakers twine
1" and 2" hole punch (optional)
White candle (optional)