Draw Yourself.

Self-portrait 2013.

Sharpie pen on the last page of

my mixed media journal.  No pencil sketching,

just pen direct to paper.  I think the eyes are a bit

too close together, and I'm pretty sure I left out

some wrinkles!

A page in my Smash journal, above, Madonna & Flowers.
I showed the original drawing in this post.
 I've added watercolor.

The Madonna was inspired from an illustration
 in a book that I bought at our library sale:

 'Art Treasures in Russia', c. 1970.

The Madonna was drawn on a scrap
 of watercolor paper, then glued into the
Smash journal. I drew the flower (inspired

by a Picasso) and other motifs, which I used from the 

magazine clippings on the facing page.

The facing page in the Smash journal.

A profusion of flowers cut from a 

Stella McCartney advertisement. A craft paper

envelope on the bottom of the page. (I slipped an

article about one of Picasso's ex's inside-Francoise Gilot 

interviewed at 90 yrs of age) I glued magazine images of

ceramic tiles on the envelope flap. You can
see that I used those ceramic tile motifs

 on the page with the Madonna.

The bottom drawings -inspired by Art Nouveau designs

 published by Dover-were again done with the Sharpie

pen and then watercolored.

Little bits and snippets can come together

in an interesting way...

Linking to
Paint Party Friday and
Art Journal Every Day at Balzer Designs