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| My Book Cover |
In my last post
I talked about making a photo book for my old least favorite artworks. I uploaded images
and created the book online, then waited for it to arrive! Ok it was more complex than that!
It’s one thing
to hear a good idea, another to act on it. It took me several hours to review
my thumbnail sketches, to identify early bad works. Then, it took me 4 hours in
the basement to sort through the works and photograph them. Then it took time
to move the images to my computer and sort them (hours). Then, it took me about
a day to place the images and text into a book online. Then I had to wait 10 days for the print book that I ordered. This process took a lot
of time, but I was inspired and willing to do it for the benefits and outcome.
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| So thin! |
I just got my
book in the mail and I love it. It is a 1/4 inch thick book and it turned out
good if I do say so myself. I placed all images in the book, one full photo of
my worst painting and then one to four photos (close up) of what I like about
the painting. And, then I added ‘what I like’ comments to each page. It turned
out well. However, everyone wants to see the book, but this a book of my least
favorite works…I may only let a select few see the book.
The biggest
plus is space, I will toss forty-something paintings (3 feet tall stack) and
replace them with a .25 inch book. Storage savings! And this whole process
enables me to let go of my old works that were not good. The first book covers
2 years, so I will have to create 2 more books just for all my portraits
painted (least favorites).
And, now I
may I want a book or books of my good works too! Something to think
about…
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| Just a glimpse of good... |
Pluses of enacting this good idea:
- Being organized makes me feel good
- Creating a book and then tossing old paintings leads to more storage space
- It was good to go through all my old works to remember where I have started and see how I have improved
- I was inspired, to get my artworks and artspace in order.
- I can see how I can do this process moving forward
- I may want to do books of my best works and have those books in my studio
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