Nature's Curiosities Tunnel Book

Nature's Curiosities

This tunnel book course takes you on a journey of wondrous, mysterious discoveries.

Every single layer we add – texture, color and detail – leads your artistic eye into another realm of hidden treasure and unchartered territories for your creative muse.

This tunnel book creates mystery, delight and a sense of wonder for all ages. The act of book making, cutting the intricate tunnels then adding the beautiful colors of nature takes you on an amazing adventure into the natural world of Mother Nature with a little twist of the unexplained.

We start off creating the book from one piece of paper and one color of paint. Can you believe that?
I know right, the fun is already starting! The Creation PDF gives you the drawings, shows you all the information needed to cut, where to cut and so on. Easily transfer the designs and from there we add the mystery, those wonderful little tunnels. This is the part that totally captivates my muse, holds her there for another moment and then lets her continue on to the painting part.

In painting, use what you have. You can mix any color from only a few tubes of paint, experiment until you find the one that works best. Step-by-step we will work one page at a time to make sure every single detail is covered. The Creature PDF shows a photo of each finished page and the paints used to create the page in detail.

Techniques: Creating the book. Transferring the designs. Cutting the tunnels. Building soft acrylic layers with washes of color. Adding dimensional mysterious textures with paste and added elements. Achieving realistic details with a quirky twist. All of this is meant to enchant the curious observer!

7+ hours of video plus 2 detailed PDFs accompany this e-course.