Is It Spring Yet?

Do you have a visual journal?

What do you put in it?

Scraps, junk mail, odds and ends,

magazine or book clippings,

drawings, thoughts...?

I am more than ready for Spring,

and so when I saw this illustration of

Spring Beauties in a vintage book, I

knew I would find a place for it in

one of my journals.  It's my favorite

Spring flower.  Reminds me of my

grandparents' farm, where they bloomed

in the yard and in the pasture.

You can put just about anything in your journal,

even your coffee cup...well, at least a drawing

of your cup.  And if the rim comes out a bit

wonky, or the handle runs off the edge of

the page, that's ok.  Enjoy the moment of

creation!

Linking up with Elizabeth for T Tuesday,

over at Altered Book Lover.  Join the

link party!

For some Mardi Gras

art journaling, go to my 

Fake Journal blog.

Happy Carnival!

Art Journal Kickstarter

I received my complimentary copy of 

Art Journal Kickstarter, and am so pleased

to have my art work included in the book!

This book contains a wide variety of styles 

of art journal pages.  It's a great resource for

 tips, ideas and inspirations for 

 visual journal pages.

The art work that I submitted is on page 38, 

as seen above.  The right side is actually

a combination of drawing, painting, and

painted papers that I collaged onto

the page.  There is some finger paint in

there from a session with my grand kids!

Another tea cup sketch, in honor of

T Tuesday, over at Elizabeth's blog.

Stop by while you enjoy the

beverage of your choice!

DocumenTed Life ProjecT

The Documented Life Project 2015-The Journal...

Week two was to use the quote by Mary Shelley,

" The Beginning is always today."

Pthalo blue watercolor mixed with white gesso,

collage elements include painted paper 

and Sharpie marker.

The Week 3 challenge of the DLP was to 

use a Georgia O'Keeffe quote.

I chose a longer quote than the one suggested,

and the shapes are inspired by an O'Keeffe flower

painting, using vibrant watercolors.

Joining Elizabeth's T Tuesday link up party

over at Altered Book Lover blog,

and sharing an ornate vintage tea cup that

belonged to my husband's grandmother. The

flowers are in shallow relief around the outside

of the cup. This is a bit of my Fake Journal 

from 2014, which you can see here.

Hope you are enjoying a warm

beverage today, and visit the

T Tuesday party.