Wow, even I was surprised when this came out. I promise I’m not as depressed as this may make me look! LOL! Journaling is about running in circles and the repetitive daily tasks that make one day run into the next for me.
Susan
Pretty self-explanatory. Micron and Permapaque pens, acrylic paint, stamping and a sticker.
Susan
This turned out completely different from what I envisioned. I tried to incorporate aspects of all of my creative endeavors here: fine arts, graphics and scrapbooking … I ran out of room before I got photography on there. ;-)
The painting at the top is by my son who is 3. I scanned it and printed it on a transparency along with the word “art” which I wrote with my mouse in Photoshop. Did some stamping on and beneath the transparency and added a few stickers.
Ok, I’m ready to get started! :-)
Susan
Sorry about the scan. The color is a bit over exposed. The title should be white on chocolate brwon.
Letting myself go a bit more this time. I just started by drawing out a quick grid and then went for it. At first I was moving along great, then about half way through I suddenly stalled. Walked away and had to come back a little later. Why is it that sometimes in the middle of the creative process we allow that other half of ourselves to start doubting what we are doing. We suddenly start to think that what is coming from within is really not good enough. I would love to learn how to starve this part of myself. To start just listening to that creative connection ALL the time.
The journaling deals with the 10 things I like best about having my car. All the points seem to run back to the same idea, that it allows me to get away when I need to. I’m just one of those people who needs alone time, and being married one doesn’t always get that. Don’t get me wrong, I love my hunny, just sometimes I need some space to be. And my car allows me to do this. Even by just having that quiet time on the way to work or the grocery store.
Thanks all for looking, and thanks in advance for your comments. Especially any suggestions on how I could have pushed this piece further. Always looking to {grow}!
ok so this week i may have taken the whole white paint thing to the extreme, but i was havin’ too much fun to put the paintbrush down.
i mod podged 7gypsies tissue paper to cardstock pages. then i sanded some of the tissue away. then white washed with some acryllic, then stamped, then white washed again. I added colored paint so i could write text, even some white on white big honkin’ stickers in the bottom right (life) and adhered a photo and white washed that too!
shimelle…what have you done to me!!
Still had more to say about the new beginnings prompt—going with this whole “garden theme” and trying to run with it a little. Not usually much of a writer, so I wanted to get this down while the urge was still there.
Thanks for looking. ;)
So I was reading Cathy Z’s blog yesterday, and her thoughts on this challenge really got to me. Was I really trying new things? Thinking outside of the box? No. as much as I love my previous entries, there was too much of a scrapbook-ish quality to them. Very clean line. No growth. No learning.
What was I hiding from? Mainly, being influenced by others. Copying ideas. Being a cookie cutter. Then I decided to just go for it and see what happens. I went balls to the wall and just started to paint! I stuck to the things I love. Shimmer. Blue. Green. Metal. Twinings tea bags. I snapped a pic of my messy hands mid-process to capture my breakthrough. I even included the paper towel I texturized my paints with.
My professor calls this “Getting hit by the Mac truck”. Letting go. Being free. No hiding. Purity. Honesty. Being childlike. I don’t know if it was Dali or VanGogh or whoever, I forget… but they said something like “It took me years to learn how to paint, but a lifetime to learn how to paint like a child.” It is messy and loud, and MY CREATION. No more hiding.
I used the quote, “The best way to navigate through life is to give up all of our controls.” I have a hard time giving up control when it comes to all things in my life (travel, family, friends, etc.).
I created my page using acrylic paints and artist crayons. Teesa Moore was my inspiration. I really love the way she uses paints, so I am trying to free myself a little and play around. I have never been one for bright colors, but lately I am really into yellow and orange.
