Spiral Bookmark 1

Saturday, February 18th, 2012

Spiral Bookmark 1
by Amy Crook

And so we wave a cheerful goodbye to Bookmark Week with this last installment.

I was experimenting with these pigment-dense watercolor sticks I picked up, using the teal and orange pair to create a very bright contrast indeed. I wasn’t quite happy with it as is, though, so I added in the silver spirals on top with this awesome silver brush pen I got in Japantown, which gives a nice bit of shine to the piece.

Spiral Bookmark 1, 1.5″x7″ watercolor and brush pen on paper, nfs, sold.

Spiral Bookmark 1, detail, by Amy Crook

Above you can see the various textures from the drawn lines to the washes created by running a wet brush over the watercolor stick, to the shining silver paint floating atop it all. Below, the bookmark sits happily with a book, just waiting to fulfill its intended purpose.

Spiral Bookmark 1, with book, by Amy Crook

Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Daily Art
Tags: bookmark, brush pen, nfs, orange, silver, sold, teal, watercolor, watercolor stick