Art Project 2012 - June 20

This past weekend I created a junk mail journal on rings, and this is the first completed page in it. Mixed media.

Art Project 2012 - May 11

Board Book background - leftover paints brushed randomly and then pages "smushed" together to get texture.

Day 128 Art Project 2012 - May 7

Working in my blue journal a bit with leftover acrylic paint from another project... a background in progress.

Day 125 Art Project 2012

Journal Page - doodling hearts with Pitt Pens and stabilo pencil. 

Day 98 Art Project 2012

Journal page - doodles in squares. Rather simple but it calmed my scattered brain. :)

Day 96 Art Project 2012

Applied gesso to most of the pages in the "Fake Journal" I'm keeping during the month of April. 

 I painted the background of the first two pages a blue. 

I neglected to get the before picture, but this was taken with just a few journal entries. 

Day 94 Art Project 2012

Watercolor crinkle background in my journal - doodled with pencil and pens. 

Day 78 Art Project 2012

Abstract flowers - page in progress in my small journal

Day 74 Art Project 2012

Water soluble pencil sketch of my travel mug - while on a date with husband and Woods Coffee, Boulevard Park. 

Day 67 Art Project 2012

Journal Page - watercolor background, quote and writing

Day 66 Art Project 2012

Journal Pages WIP - Playing with circles, stabilo pencils and my waterbrush.

Day 30 - Art Project 2012

Another journal page in progress using techniques from the Doodles Unleashed class, week 2. 

Day 29 - Art Project 2012

A page from my journal... still in progress. This is using techniques from the Doodles Unleashed class, week 2. 

Day 19 - Art Project 2012

More on the Doodles Unleashed spread. I've been making "marks" and have found trying to doodle with pens on top of oil pastels is quite a challenge! I don't think I'll use them again as an underneath layer in a journal. 

My Tombo markers seems to work a bit (wiping them off immediately) and I have destroyed a white Sharpie paint pen in the process of playing. 

We'll see what develops although I'm going to start the second week project for the class now, and come back to this while I'm waiting for things to dry. Maybe...

Day 18 - Art Project 2012

Still working on the Doodles Unleashed project and I'm not fond of where it's going. "Doodling" with paint brushes is not something I've mastered. But hey, it's just a start. We shall keep on...

Day 17 - Art Project 2012

Trying out the Doodles Unleashed techniques (Strathmore online class taught by Traci Bautista). I've used various objects as stencils, and used the ink from them to print on a second page. This is the start... we'll see how it evolves. :) 

Day 14 - Art Project 2012

Spread in my blue journal... started with left over paint from another project. I have more doodling to do. 

Day 9 - Art Project 2012

Journal spread - Rock. Still needs some details and writing added. 

Day 8 - Art Project 2012

Working in my blue journal - Sometimes you have to stop and smell the roses. WIP

Day 6 - Art Project 2012

Happy Birthday to my sister Jane! 

These journal page backgrounds were made using paint left over from the various canvases I'm working on this week. Much more to come.