I am learning to embrace the imperfections of my art! Who cares if their arms are too long and their legs too short -- or their hands and feet all wonky?!?! I'm having fun playing -- and these girls are cute and quirky :)
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Dancing Doodles
During my recent hospital stay, I spent some time doodling in one of my art journals -- my latest passion :) Here are some dancing doodles. I have yet to decide if I will embellish them with colour . . .
I am learning to embrace the imperfections of my art! Who cares if their arms are too long and their legs too short -- or their hands and feet all wonky?!?! I'm having fun playing -- and these girls are cute and quirky :)
I am learning to embrace the imperfections of my art! Who cares if their arms are too long and their legs too short -- or their hands and feet all wonky?!?! I'm having fun playing -- and these girls are cute and quirky :)
Literary Dinnerware
DD14 has embarked on a new creative endeavour: creating place settings of literary dinnerware. Her first place setting centers on The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, by C. S. Lewis. This was a trial run to see how the markers, baking, and washing in the dishwasher would work out -- and everything held up quite well!
Pretty cool, eh? The possibilities are endles :)
She wants to know if you think anyone would want to buy them!
Pretty cool, eh? The possibilities are endles :)
She wants to know if you think anyone would want to buy them!
Monday, July 9, 2012
Joy Journal Project: Quiet
The theme for the second assignment of the Joy Journal Project was a spread about "Quiet."
For some reason, The 23rd Psalm has been resonating in my head, so I thought I would incorporate it into my journal as the main text. The background collage paper is also a page about Jesus calming the tempest. I thought that was appropriate, so I highlighted some of the words that popped out at me from that story.
I wanted to incorporate a painted lady in my spread, and finally settled on having her resting in the green pastures by a quiet tree (no birds, no rustling leaves).
I started this spread at home, and then jammed my journal into my portable art kit. Alas, the pages stuck together and tore the paint off in some places. Instead of lamenting this and calling it all "ruined," I decided to embrace the imperfections as all part of the process. I even took some sand paper and added some distressed sections, as well as smoothed out the torn parts. Whatever, right?
This art journaling thing is quite a learning process. I sometimes start with a certain vision, and get frustrated when I can't realize it the way I would like to do. But I'm realizing that my art journals are really just a place to play and learn and grow. The final product is not what's important. If I like it -- great! If not -- what does it matter?
I thought I wanted to do more with this page, but at this point, I'm not sure what I would do. So, for now it is "done." Perhaps I'll come back to it some day. But for now I'm ready to move on.
For some reason, The 23rd Psalm has been resonating in my head, so I thought I would incorporate it into my journal as the main text. The background collage paper is also a page about Jesus calming the tempest. I thought that was appropriate, so I highlighted some of the words that popped out at me from that story.
I wanted to incorporate a painted lady in my spread, and finally settled on having her resting in the green pastures by a quiet tree (no birds, no rustling leaves).
I started this spread at home, and then jammed my journal into my portable art kit. Alas, the pages stuck together and tore the paint off in some places. Instead of lamenting this and calling it all "ruined," I decided to embrace the imperfections as all part of the process. I even took some sand paper and added some distressed sections, as well as smoothed out the torn parts. Whatever, right?
This art journaling thing is quite a learning process. I sometimes start with a certain vision, and get frustrated when I can't realize it the way I would like to do. But I'm realizing that my art journals are really just a place to play and learn and grow. The final product is not what's important. If I like it -- great! If not -- what does it matter?
I thought I wanted to do more with this page, but at this point, I'm not sure what I would do. So, for now it is "done." Perhaps I'll come back to it some day. But for now I'm ready to move on.
Necklace Branch and Fabric Art
Recently, DD14 had a wave of creativity. She created a lovely necklace and earring holder with a simple tree branch in a (weighted) mason jar base. Then she raided our basement boxes of frames, fabric, and mirrors and created a funky arrangement as a backdrop for her branch. (She simply framed some of the fabric.)
Cool, eh?
Cool, eh?
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