the gaze of the soul

Another art journal page prompted by the Documented Life Project. (The challenge was to include fabric on this page.)  Here is how it came together...

The yellow circle is a piece of fabric that I adhered to the page with gel medium.  This photo is a favorite of my sister and I...part of my story...and I am currently reading a book by A.W.Tozer and that is what I journaled...I love to include on my journal pages notes from my reading that are significant to me...it is all part of the processing.  And it seemed to suit the photo.
Hope you are adding a little art to your summer days!  :)

woohoo!

Okay...so, yes, I am super excited!  Somerset Studio chose another of my journals for their magazine...woohoo!  Art Journaling magazine is such a beautiful publication. (Everything they produce is top quality!)  It is truly an honor to be included in their publications. 

This is the Summer issue and came out July 1st.  (Barnes and Noble carries them if you want to check it out.)
Have a great week-end!

linger

Another art journal page prompted by the Documented Life Project...

Distress ink splattered with water...dictionary text paper...Dylusions spray ink...

A copy of a Modigliani portrait that I love...

Fun die cut pieces...a little penwork...



Journaling using Faber Castel Pitt pens...
   "The portrait makes direct eye contact with the viewer...linger and decode the story."
     (quote by Lynne Perrella)

...linger and decode the story...

shine.bright.

In my last post I showed the "beginning" of this journal page...

I played around on this page some more and this is what happened...
First I gathered some things that I might use...

 

Did I mention that the sunflower picture is a "tip-in" attached with washi tape as the "hinge"?...

(I think I have "hinted" at how much I L-O-V-E interactive pages)  :)

 



I used the dictionary page strips to "frame" the sunflowers...

Next I added a die cut piece that I wanted to journal on...and I used my Kuretake Zig Mangaka markers and a yellow Tombow marker to jot down a thought...and also to outline the journal piece...

 

 

Oh, and I added the bird (crow, I think) sticker looking down at what I wrote...    :)

This is the page with the "door" open...

 



That's it...at least for now...a fun summer-y art journal page...
Well.come.sun...shine...bright.

bright and happy

Don't you just LOVE sunflowers?  Bright...happy...

 
This journal page is incomplete but I love the Distress Ink background and the happy sunflowers...it is a perfect page for a sunny summer day...may your summer days be...bright and happy!

well...

 

Another art journal page inspired by the Documented Life Project.  The prompt for this was acrylic paint...

 

This is a Dina Wakley stamp that I stamped on tissue paper and glued down.  I love the scribbly writing on it...you can't read any of it except the first word "well" which I used to inform my journaling (including lyrics from one of my current favorite songs It is Well, by Bethel Music). 

Hope all is well with you. Keep creating.  :)

what if?

I'm WAY behind in my Documented Life Project "pages"...but its all for me so I just keep pressing forward...and I love taking their prompts and using them as inspiration for art journaling.

The challenge for this was watercolors...so I played with that for the background...then stamped the leaves (a Magenta stamp) in black to give a silhouette look...next I sponged ink through the window stencil...added the German scrap bird and the Tim Holtz washi tape...spritzed the Hero Arts metallic shimmer gold spray...and lastly I added my "journaling"...

...easy peasy...and my creative self is happy.  :)