Vacation is about relaxing and I have to have some kind of art journaling thing with me to fully enjoy the beach.  When I found this plastic storage container at the grocery I bought it!  Cheap and functional. I felt quite brilliant when I wondered, what if I used the lid as my paint palette?

Worked perfectly!  The lid made a great paint palette!  Small bottles of paint stayed upright and the bag of markers, pencils, and beeswax crayons worked well  in a big plastic bag.   The tub also offered a bit of extra insurance with the spilling of paint during travel since it went into checked luggage.  Throw in 2 art journals and my travel art kit was complete!

What do I do with a travel art journaling kit? I play!

This is the view of the water that inspired me. Guess it is pretty obvious where the whole idea of waves of color came from…

I sat on the beach flipping through my Dylusions journal until I found a page that called to me.  The page I used to catch the excess ink from Jessica Sporn’s stencil at StencilGirl Products  was the one that called out to me, “What if you use this page?”

What if I drew waves on it?  Waves and doors aren’t what I usually put together, but hey, what if!  I drew the waves onto the page with Copic Markers.

What if I used  paint over the dried Dylusions spray ink?

Well, you can see what happened! I loved the way it turned out!

What if  I used my new  beeswax crayons to soften the edges of the marker?  I hadn’t used them so I didn’t know what they would look like…It added a creamy softness.  So happy since they are one of the least expensive supplies ever!

What if I just used white paint?  I got a different look between the waves of color.

What if I made the sky a bright crazy color?  The only way to know was to try it and glad I did!

This page is not finished but it doesn’t have to be finished right now!  It is waiting for me in my art journal for when I am ready to play again.  I’m thinking about using it as an excuse to go back to the beach…

So now you know how I play on vacation!  How do you play when you relax?

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I’ve got a bunch of things up my sleeve but nothing ready to show yet….new workshop coming!  And a new project….And more!  But alas, I must now go back to the salt mines and slave away with paint, paper and more!