Tuesday, April 9, 2013


The Sketchbook Project 2011


The Greatest Story Ever Told (cover)

One's own story is always the greatest.  This is the story of Anyman. It is done in collage for the Sketchbook Project 2011 and consists of 16 pages.

collage, watercolour, ink

A story told with collage, watercolour, ink and some quotes....

collage, watercolour, ink

Title Page of the Sketchbook Project

collage, watercolour, ink

Introduction to the Sketchbook Project

collage, ink, 5 x 8 inches










A cautionary tale is a traditional narrative with a moral message warning of the consequences of certain actions, inaction or character flaws.

And so the story goes....

collage, ink

Page One of the Sketchbook Project

collage, ink, watercolour 5 x 8 inches









"Falling in love is like eating mushrooms; you never know if it's the real thing until it's too late." 
Bill Balance

Page Two


collage, ink, watercolour 5 x 8 inches





  


"We are like eggs at present.  And you cannot go on indefinitely being an ordinary, decent egg.  We must be hatched or go bad."
C.S.Lewis

Page Three

collage, ink, watercolour 5 x 8 inches










"It was a pity he couldna be hatched o'er again, an hatched different"
George Eliot

Page Four

collage, ink 5 x 8 inches









"All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players..."
William Shakespeare 

Page Five

 collage, ink, watercolour 5 x 8 inches










"It is in games that many men discover their paradise."
Robert Lynd