I admire artists who have  a vision of their art before they start and then bring it to life.  I, do things a bit differently.  I often have no idea where something will go or when.  This page I started so very long ago.

I had the blue, then added the scrap from a heart I cut out. Then it waited patiently in my journal until I was ready.

While on the beach this page called to me.  I painted in the waves.  Tried writing some words, but did not like the look, so I didn’t add more words.

To make the waves show more of my feelings I edged it with dark blue on the top and white on the bottom.

I didn’t like the word at the bottom so I gesso’d over it.

The birds on the bottom and a word at the top – now I am happy with the page.  Really wish I loved my handwriting…

I had an odd sized scrap of paper that I just couldn’t throw away – so I glued it to an old art journal page that just never went anywhere.  I had the dress on the page from who knows when.  Suddenly, this scrap brought it to life for me.  My tutorial on making the paper the scrap came from can be found here.

The page was just too bright for me, so a layer of gesso toned it down. Next I started looking through my stash for what to add.

I’ve been in love with watercolor pencils lately as a shading/shadowing element.  The first color I used wasn’t right, so I just did a second color on top of it – the blending of the 2 gave me what I was after.  What started as a “mistake” ended up being just what it needed.