Not finished yet!

I have a few projects that are not complete but I thought I would show you them over the next few day. I have to walk away from them because I'm not sure what to do next or just leave them as an abstract piece. They are not in my regular bright colors so I think that's why I may change them up a little.

 

As you can see I used lots of stencil. I think my newest stencil called tiny dots (Balzer Designs) is one of my favorites right now.  I'm really bad at writing down what I use to create a piece. I get in a zone and when I'm done or have to walk away my desk is full of products that I used or didn't use.

 

This is all done with acrylic paints on acrylic paper (Strathmore 12x12), ink and stencils.

 

What would your next step be?

I would love to hear what you would do.

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I will grow strong

A journal page for Julie's Art Journal Every Day.

You go check out the beautiful handmade journal she made for a friend's birthday. Gorgeous!

This page I tried to paint cherry blossoms.

Thank goodness it's in my journal but they aren't too bad for my first try.

 

 

 

i promise to love myself

HAVE FAITH

sprout my wings

leap forward

feel the wind in my hair

bit by bit

i will grow strong

 

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Filly and Funkie Summertime Challenge

Today I have a large tag to show you. I'm joining the summertime challenge over at Frilly and Funkie.   I have this great photo of some friends by the water and thought it would be perfect for the challenge.

 

 

I think this is a little funkie.  I used lots of stencils in the background with acrylic paints. The large tag is from The Funkie Junkie Boutique.  I'm still not sure I like these large tags. The sentiment and picture are from Red Lead Paperworks. 

 

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Is there meaning to this page?

The answer is no. I haven't the slightest idea what it is all about. It just happened and I have a few step by step pictures of my process.

This is a page in my Dylusions journal. First I added gesso to the page and waited for it to dry. Usually I would use my heat gun but it was to hot in the house. I then added the shapes to the page through a stencil with a permanent marker.

 

I added green acrylic ink to the background and while it was still a little wet I used a roll of paper towel for extra texture.

 

 

 

 

With white acrylic paint I added more shapes with the same stencil.

 

 

I found this paper in my paper scraps along with the white rabbit from Alice in Wonderland and attached it to the page. 

 

 

That's it! It was a simple page and what I love about it was that I didn't think about it. Those are always the best pages.

 

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Who do you make art for?

I had a lovely long holiday weekend.  Having fun with friends and fun in my art room. I worked on a few experiments that when so wrong. In fact so wrong that I laughed so hard. I mostly worked in my art journal this weekend after my experiments. Art journaling is freeing for me. Some of my journals are for rantings, things I've learned about myself or some are just for fun. This is a page from my Dylusions journal. I realized this weekend that I need to make art for myself and not worry about what others think. I go through phases where I worry about it and it stops my mojo a little. Working in my art journals brings me back into perspective. 

This journal page just came to me when my perspective came back. I love paint and collage and it just came together.  After is was finished I realized the only quote I can put on it was "I make art for me".  I love quotes and have a collection of them but this one was perfect.

 

Here is a close up of the layers.

 

 

 

Julie from Balzer Designs: Art Journal Every Day asked the questions, how do we feel about using quotes in our art journals and do we use them.  A big YES, I adore quotes and use them in journals and many other things.  Go over and see every ones pages. I'm linking this page to Art Journal Every Day.

 

Do you make art for yourself or do you feel the pressure of making art for others expectations?

 

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