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“Too many word stamps. You never use them all,” said my irritable inner critic. Lately my inner critic has been full of constructive advice said in a gentle tone. Not tonight. She was in foul mood. But I can be a real pain the rear too- just ask my kids! So I decided to show that cranky critic I will use them all. Ha! I used tons of them here!!
I started this background with NO CLUE where it was going. Not completely true, I knew what colors I wanted since it is week 4 of the Summer of Color. I read the sayings as I was stamping & something shifted for me. My inner critic wanted to have a heart to heart conversation. A kind and open talk. Not the cranky authoritarian rant. The art reflected that conversation – myself talking to myself. That’s all my inner critic is- the scared, defensive, protective me talking.
The stamps are by Donna Downey, Dylusions, and Tim Holtz.
In the video you see me cleaning off my stamps by stamping them in a journal. That lets me clean most of the ink off the stamps and build a base for a journal page. I used up leftover paint on the palette on the pages too. Here’s what it looks like for now. On the left side the blue if my favorite part- that’s what happens when you use watered down acrylic paints. Happy accident I will be trying again!
I spent way too long trying to get a good photo of the main work. Fiddled with the colors in Photoshop. Retook the photos. This photo came out true to life the first time. Does that ever happen to you?
I’m stuck. I started this on Monday. I got to this point by Monday night. I was sure it would be finished in time to share for Paint Party Friday. Nope. I have let it sit for several days waiting for it to speak to me. All it has said is, “I am NOT finished yet.”
I tried several things but didn’t like them so I erased them with water or a layer of white. I’ve pulled my hair out in frustration. I’ve stepped away and worked on another project. I’ve tried bribing my muse to inspire me. That has gotten me nowhere!!
So now I am turning to my friends – any ideas of where to take this next?
Strawberry and lemonade ice cream was the inspiration behind this week’s Summer of Color fun! Yet again this week I was stumped as to what to do so I turned off my brain and let the colors take me on a journey.
About half way through the process I picked up my new stamps from Donna Downey and I couldn’t just pick one to stamp on my page- so I picked many. I had been stuck and just reading the quotes moved me forward. Thanks Donna!
This page is how I keep from being frozen by a blank page- when I colored my punched shapes with paint I did it on another journal page. When I stamped the word stamps to make sure I had them facing the correct way or to clean off the stamp I added it randomly around. No idea where this will go but why waste paint or ink. It will probably be buried under many layers but now I have a place to start on that journal page.
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