Purple Distressed Book

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It’s nice to be posting pictures of projects again This book features a purple distressed panel that I’ll show you how to create in friday’s video tutorial.

Distressed Purple book, check out the gold.

Delicious isn’t it? You only need two paints to achieve this effect, come back on friday to see how to create this effect.

Best wishes and thanks for reading, see you soon

Billie

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Featured Artist of the Month; October 2011; Seth Apter

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In today’s post I would like to introduce our Featured Artist, for October 2011

Seth Apter

The Altered Page, Seth Apters amazing blog

I discovered his work thanks to Julie Prichard but for those of you who haven’t yet found Seth, here is a little more about him and his work.

Who you are: 

Seth; Seth Apter from The Altered Page.

Where you are (which country you are based in)?

 Seth: I live in New York City in the USA.

What you do:

Seth: I am a mixed media artist, blogger, soon-to-be published author, and collector of too many doohickeys, thingamajigs, and whatchamacallits to count.

An-Object-Found; by Seth Apter

What got you started in your creative journey?

Seth: A serendipitous meeting with an artist named Patricia Larsen in Vancouver, Canada. She owned a gallery at that time and although it sounds somewhat dramatic, my life was forever changed after I walked through her door. I was creative in many ways before that moment but never in the visual arts. I met her at a very transitional time in my life when I was completely open to discovering new options for myself. Patricia unlocked the artist in me and has fully supported my creative journey ever since.

What inspires you? 

Seth: Like many artists, I can find inspiration in almost anything. I think my biggest inspiration though is New York City. Everywhere I turn, I am surrounded by creative fuel. Of course there are an endless number of museums and galleries where I can experience the work of both emerging artists and famous masters. But more than that, I am inspired by the people, the architecture, the window displays, the graffiti, the design, the food, the style, and the never-ending energy of NYC.

Catori; by Seth Apter

If money,time and obligations were no object, what you would most like to do?

Seth: I would travel all over the world, set up a temporary studio in every country, absorb the local culture, and create. 

What do you enjoy most about your creative work/life?

Seth: Art for me is like a pendulum, swinging from completely isolated to socially stimulated. At one end I can get so lost in the process of creating that I lose complete track of time and become unaware of everything going on around me. At the other end, I am deeply connected to other artists through my blog and social media sites.

Blending both these extremes has brought a sense of balance to me. And that balance is what I enjoy most about my creative life.

Soar by Seth Apter

Links

To find out more about Seth and his work, please visit his blog and website, details below. 

•  Blog: http://thealteredpage.blogspot.com/
• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thealteredpage
• Etsy Shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/thealteredpage
• Twitter: @alteredpage

Thanks to Seth Apter for being our Featured Artist of the Month for October 2011.

Check out my dedicated page to the Featured Artist of the Month, to find out more about other artists who have been involved in earlier interviews.

Best wishes and thanks for reading, see you soon

Billie

 

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Getting Published in 2012 in Seth Apter’s book

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Yesterday I got the news that some of my words of wisdom are to be published in a new book by Seth Apter from The Altered Page. What a surprise! Seth’s book is being published by North Light Books next year and incorporates questions and answers from a wide variety of artists alongside artwork prepared especially for the book. I did not submit art but I did submit answers to the questions and those answers have been chosen for inclusion in the book. It is very exciting and such an honour to be included alongside so many other talented artists. No doubt more information will be forthcoming in the future and I will let you all know as I find out more.

Thank you so much to Seth Apter for the opportunity of being involved with your first book. Its has been amazing, I can’t wait to see the book and all the other artists work in there.

Best wishes and thanks for reading, see you soon

Billie

PS: Thanks to Gillian for letting me ‘lift’ most of this post from her website. Mine was the same story but I’m in Tigger mode and i didn’t want to gush all over you all!!!!

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Site of the week; Seth Apter

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As a break from tradition, I thought it might make a change if I shared some sites that I particularly enjoy visiting with you.  First up is Seth Apter. I adore Seth’s work, as it has so many layers its wonderful, he is a mixed media artist and since this months theme is Paint, it was a perfect site.

The Altered Page

Just click on the name to visit Seth’s amazing blog.

It’s coming up holiday time and the good weather means long tutorials are not likely to go down well at the moment as either everyone is just going or coming back from holidays or battling with their over growing gardens.

Fear not they will return, and this will give me time to create some crackers for you for the later months of the year In the meantime if you are missing your tutorial fixes, check out the Tutorials Tab at the top of the blog for goodies you may have missed from the archives.

Do stop by and have a look at Seth’s wonderful site, leave him a comment and say who sent ya if he asks

Best wishes and thanks for reading, see you soon

Billie

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