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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Be Fearless

Here is the final piece the stencil aliens made me create. You can see the original post here.  I decided that it needed more white and some words. 

 

 

I've been in my art room late at night recently because of the heat wave so the picture is a little dark. I starting to take picture in my art room so I can do my step by step posts of my projects. I'm on the look out for better lighting.  I found light bulbs for the ceiling light that keeps the natural color in a room but it's not a big light.  I'm waiting for sales on the OTT lights. They may do the trick for step by step photos.

 

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Stencil Aliens!!!!!

AGAIN Stencil aliens took me over the other night. They took me over so much that I never took step by step pictures of how this piece developed.  You can see the aliens first creation HERE. I was so involved that I lost all track of time and if my house collapsed around me I wouldn't have noticed. That's aliens for you!

 

I love all the bright colors and the layers on the piece. I tried to draw my own flowers so I can cut my own stencil but I really can't draw. I do keep trying over and over. My mother and brother were artists but I didn't get the drawing side of it.  Stencils and rubber stamps are my friends in my art room. You can use them in so many way.  

 

There are so many new stencils coming out that I'm afraid I will be visited by stencil aliens over and over. So stay tuned!

 

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