While building this art journal page I just kept thinking about the quote & how true it is. Who my kids are now – that was started when they were young. The flower of strange teenage clothing choices came from the seed of individuality. The flower of reading came from the seed of bedtime [...]
Art Journaling
I was in my head and needed to loosen up today. Finger painting is now my favorite way to do that! After it dried I added the circles and foam number stamps and they are wonderfully incomplete stampings. In the process I learned that I loved the multicolored circles. Getting painty let my muse [...]
Watercolors can add a subtle background to an art journal page. This is a very serendipitous way to add a layer to a background. Here is my purple tag background after stamping with watercolors. You can see it in a finished journal page here. It started as this: Step 1: Start with a prepped journal [...]
While visiting wonderful Creative Every Day blogs, I had an ah-ha moment while reading Ajax’s blog post. Two simple words, allow happiness. Her words prompted this journal spread. This page was finished while my Internet was down – down from the night before until dinner. The whole family was in terror, panic, fearful of life [...]
When it snows I am filled such a magnificent feeling, okay, only when I am at home, warm and safe. I do not feel this way about snowfalls when I am driving. I wanted to be reminded of my snow feelings so I decided to create a journal page. I began to flip through [...]
The Lifebook course is fantastic. This week was definitely something new for me as faces are not my strength, but I am getting more comfortable with them. My muse finally chose to reveal a name to me! Aegeria. An ancient goddess of healing, springs, sacred knowledge, and inspiration. I had already had a water theme [...]
The past week has been full of a personal challenge. I began to wonder if I’d be able to handle it. Thank heavens for art journaling! Instead of staying in my head & letting that inner critic loose I chose to process it through art. That’s why my character has no head – since that [...]
The background started as a painted background. I went over it with watercolors and let that dry. When I used gesso with the stencil the watercolors mixed to create very soft shades. Needing some inspiration where to take the stencil next I searched my rub ons. The birds screamed [...]
In my last post I showed you how I made background papers with gesso and slick stix. The papers obviously make great backgrounds but I also like to use it for die cuts. I cut a several at a time and then they are ready when the muse strikes. [...]
I’ve been making space in my studio for 2012. What does that mean? Facing the reality that if I haven’t gotten to something in a very long while I probably won’t and that space needs to be freed up for other creative endeavors. I have had the slick stix by crayola for a very long [...]
