Fall Greetings!

Special thanks to Diana, who created

the background for this piece: layers of

assorted papers, including music, scrapbook,

and text from a book.  I completed the
piece with images that are

color copies of watercolors I did several

years ago, based on vintage Halloween.

Added some off-white acrylic paint over

the papers, stamped swirls, then adhered

images cut from cardstock copies. 

Text written in marker. Black inked

the edges, and then decided to add

dark brown chalk pastel for a

darker frame.

 Also sharing a couple of pages

from my hardback art journal that

were created quickly, using images

that I had collected, but didn't

really fit into any of my recent

work.  Sometimes it's good to

just do something to get going.

The grid format created by the

tags really makes it less complicated

to finish the page...

I really like the juxtaposition of

unrelated images, but often

find it difficult to pull off,

so I tried not to over think

the process this time...
Inspired by a Michelle Ward
GPP Street Team challenge.

Art Journal Pages

Last spread in my little watercolor art journal.  Watercolor, Sharpie marker, white Signo Uni-ball pen, assorted painted papers and fabric.  The profile above is actually paint on fabric.

The square mini-collages are  1 1/2" and I make these up several at a time, not knowing how I will end up using them.  The blue section on the right is a 'flap.'

This is what is underneath the blue 'flap.'  The quote is from a poem entitled "Beauty" by E-Yeh-Sure:

Beauty is seen

In the sunlight,

The trees, the birds,

Corn growing and people working

Or dancing for their harvest.

Beauty is heard

In the night,

Wind sighing, rain falling,

Or a singer chanting

Anything earnest.

Beauty is in yourself.

Good deeds, happy thoughts

That repeat themselves

In your dreams,

In your work,

And even in your rest.

Trees

Watercolor and calligraphy on 

watercolor paper.  Collage elements

of painted cheesecloth, papers, fabric

and tissue paper.

A previous post showed

the 'sneak peek' of just the

trees on the left.

Our cottonwood trees 'modeled'

for this painting. 

Now these trees in our yard

are bare.

The leaves turn brown

and fall.  We have to look to

our Maple trees for color 

in the fall!