tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256991403049450428.post2389005726476178861..comments2023-09-11T04:00:51.067-07:00Comments on Moleskine Exchange: My new coverMoleskine.Exchangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11903112623808049457noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256991403049450428.post-46134845793255668152009-09-10T10:44:14.060-07:002009-09-10T10:44:14.060-07:00The white is gesso--some really old gesso that bel...The white is gesso--some really old gesso that belonged to my father who died in 1998. (Hope it hold up.)<br /><br />The brown pain is acrylic watered down with flow-aide. It's also my father's, and old. I have a new studio (and guest/retreat room, if you want to come visit), BUT when I packed my art supplies to move to the studio--I lost the box with most of my acrylics in it and have searched and searched and not found it. DUH! How can that be?<br /><br />And the pens are ones from your most recent thank you gift. That's it.<br /><br />The black pen was soluble in the acrylic thinner and smeared, which made me happy, as I was looking for an aged, stressed kind of look. Also, I buffed it with a damp tissue to bring out the brush strokes in the gesso.Mary Stebbins Taitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10626507461216769140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256991403049450428.post-62965658360222172212009-09-10T10:23:44.794-07:002009-09-10T10:23:44.794-07:00You are really working magic with those pens I sen...You are really working magic with those pens I sent! :) All of the work done in my book was done with the pens you sent me too!Moleskine.Exchangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11903112623808049457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256991403049450428.post-87381974570310903712009-09-10T10:13:50.580-07:002009-09-10T10:13:50.580-07:00Wow Mary, Bravo! I am with Hennie, I think it loo...Wow Mary, Bravo! I am with Hennie, I think it looks like you. What type of paint did you use?Moleskine.Exchangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11903112623808049457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256991403049450428.post-77805087961544369502009-09-10T10:08:04.638-07:002009-09-10T10:08:04.638-07:00Thanks, Steve!Thanks, Steve!Mary Stebbins Taitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10626507461216769140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256991403049450428.post-61144189309450488762009-09-10T10:02:07.454-07:002009-09-10T10:02:07.454-07:00Yeah, very nice!!Yeah, very nice!!stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03034670240484466808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256991403049450428.post-67158289775942307272009-09-10T09:16:15.939-07:002009-09-10T09:16:15.939-07:00Also thank you for withholding the starker comment...Also thank you for withholding the starker comment. LOL! :-DMary Stebbins Taitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10626507461216769140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256991403049450428.post-68342010327411981092009-09-10T09:12:44.684-07:002009-09-10T09:12:44.684-07:00Well, I look significantly older than that now, th...Well, I look significantly older than that now, that if the light catches me just right (faint light), you can still see that me. Thanks for the vote of confidence, Hennie!!! :-D YAY!Mary Stebbins Taitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10626507461216769140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256991403049450428.post-83391054324477001822009-09-10T05:29:04.780-07:002009-09-10T05:29:04.780-07:00"This is a self portrait... but I pretty much..."This is a self portrait... but I pretty much failed." ???<br /><br />Bull puckey!! Mary, I know you, and this does very much look like you... so much so, I was taken aback at first. Good for you!<br /><br />(Note: "Bull puckey" was not my initial exclamation, nor my second. Let the record show that I edited myself reluctantly.)henniemavishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14934462150609422816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256991403049450428.post-75136254872914113872009-09-09T19:50:40.174-07:002009-09-09T19:50:40.174-07:00I didn't do a cover last round, but all the bo...I didn't do a cover last round, but all the books looks so much alike on the outside--I figured I do a front cover on the way out and a rear cover on the way back. Bookending the year.Mary Stebbins Taitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10626507461216769140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256991403049450428.post-76857408894864287232009-09-09T19:47:31.239-07:002009-09-09T19:47:31.239-07:00Oh wow, that's really lovely. I wasn't thi...Oh wow, that's really lovely. I wasn't thinking about the cover too much until I saw this.ballookeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02281727671694753419noreply@blogger.com