Think, she says to herself, but do not overthink stuff. Collage, acrylic, modelling paste, watercolor on hot pressed watercolor paper.
And see her in the making:
Lucy’s coloring book
Color me brightly
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I think summer is finally here. We had hot weather last week and yesterday it finally rained. It was a beautiful refreshing long rain. And this morning is fresh and happy. It’s still quiet just birds singing. So… I decided to finish a long ago started spread in my art journal. Happy Summer to all!
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The only limits are those you impose on yourself…
Work in progress. She is deep in thoughts. She is rather unhappy, scared and in need of encouragement… which can obviously come only from inside. But she is not strong enough today.
Collage and acrylic background and watercolor on top. -
Of course it is, because it’s past 10pm. But there is something else that’s dark – my mood. I lost control yesterday and said something I should not have said to someone I love and who is weaker. And it was not fair. No matter how hurt I was…
So I am on the mend… being all forgiving to both of us. And I thought some color therapy would do me good so I did two backgrounds in my two journals. Because I couldn’t do anything else. It felt good. Good night world. Let better me awake in better you…
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She knows but she is refusing to accept it. She hopes it is not what is. She hopes that it is true that everything changes.
This was done on 5×7 stand-alone sheet of 300gsm hot pressed paper. It’s mostly acrylics and collage for background and the face is done in watercolors over a layer of watercolor ground. Her right eye is bigger but it happens to real people too, right? 🙂
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Another index card. These are really fun and quick. Why trust? Because it’s important. Look at her… she trusts herself 🙂
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Remember that stamp from yesterday? So I thought it might be a good idea to use it on one of the index cards. I colored it with Sakura Glaze Pens. I love how they have the finish reminding of a ceramic tile :). Pity I cannot buy them here… Unfortunately, I have some nice people from the US who are always happy to support with hard to get supplies 🙂
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For a long time I was dreaming about this great carving tool. It’s a bit pricey, so I was hesitant. This month, when I got my salary, I told to myself: Dear me, as you were so good last month, you can have a little reward… So I ordered it. And I got it. And boy, am I happy I made this decision!
I carved a lot of stamps in the past and I was always annoyed how all cutters I had did not seam to actually cut the rubber, but rather push, bend and chew on it, so I could never get a straight line or carve any intricate design. This new thing is my dream come true. Look at what I was able to do:
The size of this stamp is 2×2 inches or 5×5 centimeters. Not so bad, huh?
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Yes… I am lazy. And I forget to blog too. But I recorded a video after a loooong time. I am doing ICAD challenge this year and enjoying it, because they are small and quickly done, and casual and colorful. Ok, this one was a bit complicated… Unfortunately, first third of the video is quite out of focus. It happens when you record your videos with Ipod 🙂
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It’s been un unsettling week. As you read in my last post, there were things to do which I didn’t like doing. And I did them all but one. BUT! They are not done because two of them are ‘to be continued…’ because… such is life… so there is a certain feeling of accomplishment but then also a certain disappointment. Anyway… I was so unsettled that I didn’t feel like art journaling at all. Maybe it would have helped but I just couldn’t. I went to sleep early every night… (escape, escape… ) and I woke up at 5.00 am every day. 🙂
And today I am driving to a wedding party. And being what I am, of course, I hate parties and having more than 2 people around me at one time. So the week is finishing in style… instead of relaxing I have more stress coming my way…
So… my art journal page above is just a work in progress and I will continue to work on it next week. Off to packing now… wish me luck…
Lucy’s coloring book 