What's On Your Workdesk this 745th Wednesday?

 

Once again it's time to pay homage to Julia at Stamping Ground, our wonderful host and Queen desker by showing what's on our desks, tables, or floor. 

I almost didn't play this week because some of you saw on Monday that my camera is in the shop.  You need a camera to show a desk, right?  Right!

Instead, I thought I would share a few of the rocking horses (what else?) in my Rocking Horse altered book.  This is an old book and I used it as part of my altered book lessons many of you signed up for back in 2012.

I'll start with the cover and go from there.  

  I got a bit carried away on the cover.

In the lessons I taught, I started by creating a niche.  

  I showed how it was best to do this before you create any art in your book.

Next, I went on to share design principles which is when I lost some of you.

Balance.

 

Contrast.

Unity.

Unity and continuity.

Movement.

Negative space two ways.

Creating a color wheel.

There were a few other techniques, too.

Creating folded pages.

This spread became interactive and the viewer was able to participate in the opening and closing of the folded page, as well as rotating the view finder insert.

Examples of frames.

Creating a window.  Not sure where the horse came from, but I like it.  I just realized its a planter.

And one last picture.

Here's the beautiful face of our blog, the lovable Bleubeard when he was a kitten.

I hope you enjoyed a few of the rocking horse spreads I shared while my camera is out for repair.  I also hope this didn't feel like a long post.  I know Julia likes it short and sweet.  

Thanks, too, for joining Bleubeard and me today. Messy or neat, lots of products or next to none, you will get an idea of what other artists are keeping on their tables, benches, desks, and floors! And if we're lucky, we'll get to see some amazing art along the way, too.