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Taking big bold steps leads to such joy! I delighted in the thrill of the risks I took while making this journal page. Every choice I made had the potential to turn it to yuck or make it better. It may be only paper and paint but it feels like so much more when it comes to deciding what to add or do to it next. Bold was good for me today- I smile every time I look at this journal page!
At the end of this post, I have a wonderful announcement about a bold step a friend has taken that is leading to such joy for her and lots of others!
Just randomness with no purpose, no intention, no plan. As I write this post I keep looking at this and seeing strange people like the purple snowman playing a french horn or the nun with the blue habit with green trim. Hmm, is this lack of sleep? Nope. Just my brain on paint…
Crazy sloppy journaling in Sharpie marker.
Isolating out the part I liked the most by covering most of it up with purple paint. I scratched into the paint so that bits of the background showed through. I just couldn’t stand it being a solid color.
These are die cut remnants from some new die cuts I got at Blue Moon Scrapbooking. Love everything about the window dies!!
Stencil Girl just released a line of stencils designed by my friend Jessica Sporn! Her wonderfully big bold move has sparked such fabulous creativity- her stencils are amazing!
Starting December 6, and continuing once or twice a month through June 2013, Jessica asked me and a bunch of other artists to take her stencils on a “test drive.” We’ll show you how we used her stencils, and you’re invited to play along too. I am helping kick it off on December 6th with the Hebrew Calligraphy and Hamsa stencil! This stencil has so many uses! Visit Jessica’s blog here for all the details and to grab a button for your blog.
Want more creativity? If you have a moment, check out Paint Party Friday, Art Journal Every Day and Art Every Day Month!
Fall Fearless and Fly #5 has begun! There is a fabulous journal page from Marcia Beckett and 2 great prizes! An ephemera pack from Marcia and $25 from Blue Moon Scrapbooking! They have the most wonderful selection of goodies!
Headline Prompt: Lifelong Fan: What or who have you consistently valued or looked up to in your life? What lessons have you learned from people you admire? Color Prompt: Your favorite color now or from childhood or both! Quote Prompt: “Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator; but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.” W.H.Auden
The ocean has always been a place of joy for me. As a child, I had some of my best family times there. As an adult, I still have some of the best family times there. Not surprisingly, my favorite color from childhood is ocean blue. Here’s how my piece came together:
Randomly smeared paint.
I found this lady and the waves in the paint. White paint simplified the background.
Green paint to tie into the green in her dress.
The green paint I put on top loosened the white paint below it so I used a palette knife to scrap some of the white and green away to let the blues peek out.
Her dress needed something- so I painted over it with blue Twinkling H2O’s to deepen the color without loose the detail.
This quote was just what I needed today! After gluing down words, I ran an oil pastel around the edges giving it just a touch of texture.
I had a visitor yesterday, a cute fuzzy squirrel! He sat up there chewing on a nut and I managed to snap a photo through the window but the second I opened the door he scattered. I managed to get the message he brought: Enjoy the moment (and if you try to hard to capture it you’ll miss the moment).
Browns, yellows, and orange aren’t my usual color choice but the squirrel inspired me! I used Jessica Sporn’s Medieval Leaf Motif Stencil and Terra Cotta Adirondack Color Wash. You’ll be seeing more of Jessica’s stencils soon! I’ll have the details about it next week!
I randomly put the stencil down again and used Butterscotch Adirondack Color Wash.
Using a palette knife I slathered on some gesso.
Deli paper that I had been messing around with became food for my Sizzix machine and out came 3 leaves. The machine was still hungry so I fed it a bit of brown felt.
It was way too much pattern when I put the leaves on the tag – so cardboard to the rescue! A quick painting with brown ( the least used color in my studio) and I had a way to get the patterns to become friends in the spirit of Thanksgiving. A felt leaf became the ribbon substitute.
May you have a wonderful Thanksgiving! I am going to be thinking about that squirrel and enjoy the moment!
I’m also going to enjoy Paint Party Friday and Creative Every Day Month!
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