My Surfaces: ‘Alchemy’ page 3 playing with the contents of an old make up bag

Continuing with the ‘Alchemy’ project I completed a few years ago, this page is about make – up (Old make up I may add).  I mean Charlie glitter????  Never throw anything away and you too can live in a tip like me lol!  Seriously, don’t ever put old make up on your skin..PAINT or experiment

Transcription Pages 26 – ‘Snow White and her Stepmother’ by Paula Rego

Continuing with my transcription ‘Snow White and her Stepmother. by Paula Rego….. ‘Splitting the picture as before, (see page 25 below) and by swapping the pieces around, the Stepmother’s flesh is now textured like her blue dress.  The blue texture has also been applied to Snow White’s skin.  There seems to be some sort of

Altered art book page 19 continued Beyond the Veil again

This is my 90th post!  Do I want a medal for it? YES! Continuing with page 19 of my Altered art book: I thought that this extract from my dissertation would go quite well with page 19 of my Altered art book: “The idea of the artist as magician is not a new one.  The

Transcription: ‘Snow White and her Stepmother’ by Paula Rego pages 6 – 13

 Continued from pages 1 – 6 Here there is a reversal , by squeezing and compressing the format, both figures appear squat and the composition takes on a more active and aggressive stance.  The stepmother almost looks like she is attacking Snow White.   Even in this rough outline, without any clues to what is

Transcription: ‘Snow White and her Stepmother’ by Paula Rego…..ongoing

This is my main transcription I did a few years ago.  I got quite a lot from this image, which is part of a set.  This one was at the Whitworth Gallery Manchester at the time and captured my imagination.   I traced the outline of the picture to see what possibilities the shapes offered.

Altered art book: page 12 By the light of the Silvery Moon furtively

My scanner is now out of action.  It was playing up the other day, now it’s completely packed in.  I have  had to take a photo of these pages, with not much success. but anyway ……. Page 12, the words chosen were: – ‘He hid his own fears and wishes and only took them out