Documenting Life in Layers

"Words with art friends."

I recorded phrases that I've heard from

art friends when we get together, from

blogger friends, and 

things I've said to them as well...

Let's face it. Friends make life a

lot more fun! This is a spread in my

Documented Life Project journal, and the

challenge was 'Writing -- Words with friends.'

"What lies beneath?"

The challenge was to use 'under-paper' from

your work table. Since I was away on vacation,

I used some paper that I had painted on

with my granddaughter, in addition to

other elements.

"When not to stop."

The month of February is all about layering.

Don't stop 'til you get enough...I liked this quote:

"A painting is never finished, it simply stops 

in interesting places."

This collage was influenced by the colors and

textures of the beach.

"Going undercover 1."

Sometimes you have to cover up portions of

an art piece that you like. Maybe it doesn't 

work with the rest of the piece, or maybe 

you are looking for the depth created by

many layers.  In this case, I decided to do

two separate pages instead of one spread.

Above, materials include origami paper,

painted paper, watercolor and Sharpie pen,

Asian calendar illustration, white gel pen,

and a hand-colored photocopy.

"Going undercover 2."  Layers:

1. Watercolor background

2.  highlighters and colored pen

3. cream acrylic paint 

4. book text and assorted design/painted papers

5. more watercolor (black ovals and shading)

 and Sharpie pen

I admit that vacation put me a bit behind on

the challenges, but I will take time this week

to get caught up on the three that are

percolating...

--Repeating elements

--Use at least 5 layers

--Mark Making as a layer element

Linking up with Elizabeth for T Tuesday, 

and posting a sketch from several years ago

 of my white nondescript coffee mug and

 thin bagel. Visit E. to see 

what the other participants are

sharing today, and what

 beverage they're drinking!

I'm also thinking about the annual

International Fake Journal Month

project coming up in April.  You can

see my Fake Journal from 2014 here.

I'm thinking about who my character 

should be, and how much time I will be

able to spend on a journal page each day.

So far, I've been a student of Japanese art,

a Shaman, and a cake decorator/event planner.

What should I be next?

If you think you might be interested in doing

a Fake Journal this year, click on the 

pink bulldog logo in the sidebar to go to

Roz Stendahl's IFJM blog.  It's a lot of fun

and you can pretend to be anyone you want to!