Book Pages Make Great Canvases

When you are poor, and just can't afford quality art materials, one starts to look around their house to see what they can use. I started doing this some time ago, and have since preferred to paint on non-canvas material.

Canvas has never been a favorite of mine since I stick to acrylic, and I don't like how the weave of the canvas shows through the painting. For a while, I painted on wood and cardboard, but then found that book pages were great to paint on. Especially old book pages because books were typically made with a better paper and are more durable. Not to mention, it's kind of a cool effect to have words behind your painting whether or not they have anything to do with your image.

This book I found for $3.00 at The Curiosity Shoppe on S. 4th Street in Philadelphia was titled "The European Discovery of America, Northern Voyages A.D. 500-1600" was filled with 700 perfect size pages including interesting images of old maps and ships. $3.00 for essentially 350 canvases sounded like a good deal to me.

Right now these paintings are just on the loose paper, but it would be great to find a way to either fasten them to something hard like a piece of wood without ruining the painting, or find a great fame that will fit it's unique dimensions. My favorite ones are of the two above guitars, and the spinning bright orange glasses.