New Work
Folding
Accordion Book
Lake Garda, Italy
The
Lake Garda book closed and tied is 16" high and 10-1/2" wide
The book at full length is 16" high and 140" long
(10 ft. 20 in.)
I use an
ultra fine point permanent black pen for the drawing and Acrylic Gouache
for the paint. The
light green background paper is by Canson and the cover is of handmade
Indian paper over foam core to keep it strong, but light weight. I
try to do all of the work on location, but I do take back-up photos
of the over all and of details. I paint the background and foreground
first and then paint as much of the house detail as I want. I let some
of the green background show in the house as well as the trees. When
it is folded in an accordion shape, the added perspective gives the
feeling that you are walking along the street. It is a great way to
have a big painting, but to store it in a small space.
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Contact Information:
P.O. Box 473, North Chatham, MA 02650-0473 USA
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L. Ross 2001-
