For all the different “Friends/Followers” both here in America and around the world it is difficult to quite know which holiday season, if any, that you adhere to.
For my part and tradition, I would like to say Merry Christmas, have a wonderful Holiday season, and a very Happy New Year.
‘Teddy Bear’
Oil on Canvas
Image Copyright Craig L Haupt
I will continue with ‘The Journey to Ukazoo’ Book Project Monday January 7th, 2019
‘The Journey to Ukazoo’ Book Project #4
As I mentioned, for this 2013/14 ‘The Journey to Ukazoo’ Art/Story project, I chose places to stop based on odd names of places, places I was familiar with, and art images that matched up with specific names of places. There were a few places that the Artwork I chose to include in this fictitious journey required I find a certain location to match the art image narrative and build the story from that.
This image is one. Having the narrative set on a planet in space I had to seek out a location that contained an observatory so that I could look through a telescope. For this story, the place I chose was the Mount Wilson Observatory located in the Angeles National Forest, California. This place, image, and story is #15 of the 37 stories.
As for the present Art Exhibit Book project and the ‘Frontmatter’ potion of the book, this past week I revisited the Preface for one of numerous proof reads I will indulge in over the next few months. I also picked up the digital scan for the location and route based Map and inserted it into the Map/locations page.
Continuing to work on the Front cover design. A bit slow going but this ‘snails pace’ has worked to my flavor by allowing me to make several item additions and a few adjustments to others before inking and watercolor is applied to those areas.
There is now a gathering of items to be used as props for photographs to be used in the back cover design.
Spent an evening brainstorming with several members of an Art group I participate in regarding the different reward levels to be used in the Kickstarter Crowdfunding Campaign come March.
Image: ‘Spaceburger’
Watercolor, pen & ink, 10” x 10”
Text and Image: Copyright Craig L Haupt
Ukazoo: Trademark Ukazoo Books with permission.
‘The Journey to Ukazoo’ Book Project #3
As ‘The Journey to Ukazoo’ project began to unfold, I chose a starting point of June 3, 2013 and with selecting Monday as a once a week posting day, it was 37 weeks till the Solo Exhibition. I laid out a U.S. map and started deciding on 37 stops that took me across the U.S. and back to Ukazoo Bookstore. First choices were cities/towns with unusual names as well as a few places I was familiar with. As I looked at routes and names of cities/towns I came across a few whose names fit art images I planned to use for this project. For the image posted above I happened to find a place in Washington State that seemed an appropriate match-‘Cape Disappointment’. In ’The Journey to Ukazoo’ this place, image, and story is #19.
As for the present Art Exhibit Book project and the ‘Frontmatter’ potion of the book. Facing the ‘Preface’ page will be a U.S. and lower Canada map (there is one stop in Canada) with a list of all the city/town stops and respective States. Online I found a blank U.S. map with only State abbreviations and opening a copy/pasted copy in ‘Paint’, entered in all the cities/towns. Next step was printing it out and draw in the travel route.
It is now being digitally scanned so I can transfer it to the PDF file ‘Map’ page in the book.
There is also additional scanning being done this week for rough drafts of border art and combining other art images for future ‘Journey’ posts.
Image: ‘Day at the Beach’
Watercolor, pen & ink, 5” x 7”
Text and Image: Copyright Craig L Haupt
Ukazoo: Trademark Ukazoo Books with permission.
Craig L Haupt 