adam's booklet

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tempus volat, as says the latin phrase. it is already unbelievable four years from the time adam and i made a booklet as an additional activity accompanying his sabbath school lessons. (for those of you, who want to know, it was just the quarter it's all i've got concert was given. we both liked the idea of binding a sheet of paper for each week with the memory verse written by his hand and illustrated into a book to be remembered. he was eight and only starting writing, so this was a challenge for him, together with leaving the margin free, and it can be seen by the traces of the pencil left after erasing letters and whole words.

















above: adam's signature at the time

below: the cover with watermelon collage for illustration

the booklet was preserved in a proper way for years. recently it was handled or stored inappropriately - to the point that the photo needed to be retouched. (click on it for a closer look.)


you cannot see it here as i would wish, but the red marker trace was given a contour by pencil, a technique that not only embellish letters, but makes them stand out in an artistic way. i learned it from samuel years ago, and used for cards especially. the graphite line also produces a special effect in combination with a fade marker trace, as you know it may be black or silver, depending on the angle you look at it from.

(to be continued)