It's journal day! So...I'm not really a drinker. But something about cocktails, and martinis and the like kind of intrigues me. Not drinking them, but the way they're made. It's like alchemy. Or science. Or like potions class in Harry Potter. When I was little I would do this thing where I would take a bunch of stuff from the medicine cabinet in the bathroom, mix it together and pretend I was making some crazy concoction. Maybe I should have been a bartender or chemist. Haha! Because of this, today I decided to work with another set of stamps I've been eyeing on my mom's shelf. This set is one of those mix and match assembly types. I didn't care for the sayings so I didn't use them. But I liked how there were different shaped glasses and different things you could put with them. Once again I made use of my favorite markers! They were especially important with these stamps because I could color just the parts that I wanted in a certain color. For instance, I colored the outline and base of the glasses with black but filled in something different for the drink part. You can't do that with a stamp pad! And that's all! It was a pretty simple "Science Experiment" for today's page. Think of each glass as a little beaker. I like the one with the umbrella the most. Because another thing I used to do when I was little was order a Shirley Temple. Which one is your favorite?
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Only just past the first month of the year, and already I feel so overwhelmed! I'm sure I'm not the only one and sometimes having a lot to do is not always a bad thing. It lets you discover just how much you may be capable of! Though it's important not to go overboard either. Then you get to where you can't even think straight. When I get like that, I sometimes go a bit day-dreamy. Because of that, today's art journal entry was very dreamy! Haha! I wanted to keep it simple, so I didn't want to get into a giant doodlefest. I also did not want to do an elaborate stampathon either. I had been eyeing these feather stamps my mom has and wanted to work with them for awhile now. So to start, I first just laid out a light background with them. Next, I added in the color. The designs of these feathers allow for some pretty cool color combos. I liked that they only looked semi-realistic and more decorative. They felt kind of fanciful or whimsical to me and I really liked that. It still felt like it needed more though. Something like.....PIXIE DUST! So I used yet another tool in my mom's crafting arsenal. I'm not sure what it's called (as usual =P) and I don't think that Stampin' Up even sells it anymore. But it reminds me of a bellows. You attach a marker to it and then pump the air container to blow the ink onto the page. Depending on how you adjust the marker to it you can get a variety of effects. I really like how this one turned out. The feathers make me think of a dream catcher. I added some warm tones to the spritz effect so that they were comforting dreams. Kind of like that warm happy feeling of excitement or of discovering something new and beautiful.
For some reason I had the phrase "Express Yourself" stuck in my head today. So I rolled with it! And one of the ways I like to express myself is by doodling. Put those two together and you can probably guess how this week's journal page is going to turn out. The first part was fairly easy. Draw out the phrase and draw some squiggles around it. But it can be surprisingly difficult to fill an ENTIRE page!! I started just throwing really random things in there.... Initially I thought that I'd outline in a design and then color it. Because I really don't like blank white spaces. I get this urge to fill them in. I decided to just leave it in black and white since that's a challenge for me and I actually really liked how this page turned out. So I shaded in a few areas to add some contrast and left it at that. How many different things can you see in there? What would your "Express Yourself" page look like?
Today was a sleepy day for me. I had spent all day yesterday crocheting an order (woohoo!) and woke up with a little bit of a yarn hangover. At least that's what I am calling it. Anyways! As it is Sunday and art journal day I couldn't be lazy and sleep, though I really wanted to. Though sometimes when you are feeling a bit hazy and out of it, that is the best time to be creative. Because you don't have all your emotional restrictions in the way. Know what I mean? I didn't want to work with stamps today, so I went for a good old fashioned doodle. Starting with a random cloud shape... Only I wasn't thinking of clouds. More like a thought bubble maybe. But then decided that wasn't really what I was thinking of either. I don't think I was actually thinking. Just grabbing whatever color marker I fancied and then adding things with it. Then I randomly decided I wanted a nice dripping effect. Using my all time favorite marker: Real Red. I was going for a spilled paint look, but uh....well... Ahem. Well I have been watching a lot of the Walking Dead recently... Moving on! The marker kept smudging on me because when I draw I sometimes get sweaty hands. I was not pleased. So I added some details to cover it up. But I didn't think it through on complexity. Half way through I kind of just wanted a nap! xD I then decided that it might be a great idea to sort of even out the "killer" atmosphere of the bottom of the page with "love" at the top. It got a little cutesy. And finally, to complete the page I added in some words to my "speech bubble". I combined a few of my favorite quotes from Pinterest: "Don't take life so seriously. It's not like you're getting out alive." and "When something goes wrong in your life, just yell PLOT TWIST and move on!" Kind of has a horrific Valentine's vibe doesn't it? Haha! What will I come up with next? Even I don't know.
Over the past couple of months I've been working on a rather large art project. I've been painting a two man handsaw! I took on this project because it's not every day that I get to paint other things besides a plain old canvas. So I couldn't pass up this opportunity. However, I began to feel like I had bit off more than I could chew. I enjoy painting but it seems every experience I have doing it for other people leaves me feeling like I never want to paint again. It comes in many forms, but basically it comes down to the fact that the person asking me to paint is not respectful of me and my art. Part of it may be because I am afraid to take pride in my ability to create art. But then I usually don't take enough pride in it because I feel that art in itself is not taken seriously. It's a vicious circle. I think the same thing can be applied to having confidence. You must first have confidence in yourself before you can expect others to have confidence in you. Anyways, I also learned that if you love doing something you can't just do it expecting others to love it too and get upset if they don't. You just have to do it anyway for yourself. Even if you don't get anything from doing it except your own satisfaction for having done it. I'm sure all my babble doesn't make much sense. But one thing is for sure. I did it and I made the best of it. If you're interested in seeing a bit behind the scenes, be sure to check out my vlog here: And here is a sneak peek of my favorite part of the entire painting. The hay bales! I love me some hay bales. =) Until next time, keep doing what you love no matter what!
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