putting my art to good use

A quick collage I made as the cover for my planner...with my WotY (Word of the Year) to remind me to remember the WONDER...Paper I love...dictionary text which I use ALL the time...polka dotted paper-always fun!...washi tape-LOVE!!!...this girl face stamp...wonder flashcard...all things I enjoy...and so I'm happy about having my planner with me and using it...success! Putting my art to good use!  YAY!!!

the point of creativity...

I have been "playing" with my Faber-Castel gelatos, having a good ol' time and after I saw something Mary Engelbreit, I was inspired to make these flowers...

I smooshed the pink gelato around in big circles then applied water to blend...next came loose green leaf "shapes" and water to fill and move the color...I set that aside to dry...

 

 

On a scrap of dictionary text I made more circles...smaller, in yellow for the flower centers...blended with my finger...cut them out and glued them on the flowers...

Next I outlined the flowers in a "sketchy" sort of way :)

Finally, I smooshed the pink gelato on a plastic palette and added a bit of water with a brush and splattered the color...oooh!...I LOVE splattering color on a page!

 

Then I did MORE...

 

 

So very fun!!!  The above journal page reads "The point of creativity is the joy it unlocks in you." (Jane Davenport)...that is it!

 

Go ahead make a little joy!

oops!

Oops!

My last post got "published" before I got the pictures posted...so here they are...this is the result of playing with stencils and acrylic paints.  This is the envelope I referred to in my last (incomplete) post...

 

 

And this is a "print" made from a stencil with the acrylic paint...

 



 

 

Playing and experimenting with supplies is a great way to get to know what supplies can do.  Art journaling is such a great "place" for this kind of play because it is great for creating backgrounds for journal pages...let the journaling fun begin!

I needed an envelope

I needed an envelope to hold some (yes, more!) collage bits...so I found a  white envelope the size that I wanted.  It was on my desk and I grabbed some stencils to try an idea out...well...one thing led to another and...

much ado about nothing

I'm either reverting to my childhood or I am just needing some not-so-serious moments when I sit down in my studio...yep! I am still playing with crayons and watercolors...and enjoying every carefree moment!  I did several pages one day:  just scribbling the crayons around the page...

and then swishing watercolor over the top...

So much fun!!!

And then from one, I completed an art journal page...

 

 

Since this was just playing-around-on-paper fun...AND I had just seen Shakespeare's play by the same name...it seemed an appropriate journal entry (I used Kuretake Zig Sumi ink brush pen for writing-Love!).  :)

small and simple

Just a little encouragement...

It could be small and simple like this little shipping tag (from the Stamp Art Shoppe in Roseville) that I altered.

It's a new month...a fresh start...do something creative this week-end...and enjoy the process!