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I wasn't quite ready to give up the turquoise I was using in June so I paired it with 2 new colors. It was only a matter of time before I got some of my security envelopes in here 😆 - so many lovely gray patterns to choose from.
Week 1  Week 2 Mixing gray patterns for this week's background.  Week 3 A super hot day. Checked on the garden in the morning, put fresh water in the bird bath and then was perfectly happy to stay inside with the AC and make collages.  Week 4 Indecision because of too many paper choices on my table slowing me down, so what did I do? Painted more coffee filters and stamped more circles on deli paper, of course!  Week 5 Glad I had 5 Mondays to play with these colors. The coral color has become a new favorite.  Finished 5 panel concertina  So many gray, turquoise, and coral paper scraps left over from July's concertina sketchbook. As usual, a few more small collages were created before I clean up my table and prepare for August's concertina.
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For June's concertina I got to try out a new material that I received as a gift, piano roll paper. I love the color and smoothness of the paper but it's quite fragile from age and all the punched out lines.  I liked having the negative space of the lines and dots to play with. In some areas, I let the white of the paper below show, in others I placed paper underneath to show through, and also used the cut-out lines as slots to weave through. Going for a beachy color scheme, I used additional tans, a variety of painted turquoise papers and coordinating embroidery thread.
Week 1  Week 2 - adding sheet music to enhance the piano roll paper.  Week 3  Week 4 - always love working with cheesecloth.  The finished 4 panels  These colors took me back to a time when I saw turquoise ocean water for the first time. It was a very long time ago on a trip to New Zealand. Such wonderful memories and something I will never forget - the water or the trip. Before putting away the box of papers I've been pulling from all month I made several more collages in my regular sketchbook. I think I could keep going and fill an entire sketchbook with these colors but July's colors are waiting in the wings.
 New Sketchbook Collage colors for the month of May.
Week 1 - Felt like I was doing a little paper mending with this stitch today which reminds me I have a pair of jeans that could use a little mending 🧵🪡  Week 2 - I was a bit sad when I left the spring greens and yellows I was using for my April concertina sketchbook but . . . The peach and orange are so bright and cheery that they are making me just as happy 🧡  Week 3 - Spent some time trying to duplicate one of the background papers. I used it in the first and second panels this month and then somehow misplaced what I had left. It's the paper with the embedded cut threads. Might have worked a little better if I had used shorter thinner threads but it will have to do for now.
 Week 4  Week 5 - Do you ever look at the lint you peel off the dryer filter?
  Collages using up the scraps left from May's concertina sketchbook. 
 Even before I had finished my collages for March I started a collection of papers in the colors I wanted to use for April. With spring in the air, the greens were calling out to me.
Week 1  Week 2  Week 3  Week 4  Below is the finished four panel concertina. It's been so much fun working with all the different varieties of green this month. Each week I looked from my green and yellow paper covered table to the outside. There I saw more green and yellow as the garden is starting to come back to life. There is definitely a magical feel in the air this time of year.  Here are a few collages made from the scraps I have left at the end of April.   You can read more about these monthly concertina sketchbooks and how they got started here. New colors for this month’s concertina sketchbook collages. Looking forward to a blue March. "Blue is the color of peace. Water is blue. I like the color blue because it just puts me at peace. The patriotic symbol is blue. I just like blue." - Antonio Brown  Week 1  Week 2  Week 3  Week 4   Collages made from March's left over scraps.   
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AuthorHi, I'm Kathy an artist working in the mediums of collage, eco-printing, rust printing, and slow stitching who loves to teach. I enjoy sharing my process and guiding you on your creative journey. Archives
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