Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Touch the Stream



Documented Life Project 2015
~The Journal:  Week 15
The challenge was acrylic paint,
the prompt was "Cry me a river."
I painted an imaginary scene by an
imaginary river, and added a quote.




Week 14 challenge was to
work with watercolors, and the
prompt was "water under the
bridge."  The border is watercolor
and pen cut from another piece
of painted paper, then glued to
the acrylic paint background,
and completed by another quote.




Linking up with Elizabeth
for T Tuesday, over at
Altered Book Lover Blog...
and sharing a 'tea' collage
from 2014.




Only a few days left for
this year's  Fake Journal ~ April's
to see what my character has been
up to in the Fake Journal. Maybe
you can guess what my character
does for a living. A couple of people
have figured it out so far...
leave me a comment with
your ideas!



Friday, April 24, 2015

Documenting Collage






Several weeks behind in
The Documented Life Project~
The Journal...
Week 13 was to create
your own design element.
I used some of my 
handmade painted papers
and graph paper to do profiles
of a woman's head, reversing
the position of the papers
in the second layout.
"Celebrate
your unique spirit."


My Fake Journal 2015
is over half done!  You can
see it unfold at
Considered Truths...


Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Mad Tea Party



Art Journal Pages:
Sharpie pen and watercolor on
drawing paper in black hardbound
sketchbook, 8 1/2 inches x 11 inches.
It's not designed for water media, but
I use it anyway. A little warping of
the pages doesn't bother me.




Above, one of the pages I drew in March 
during our road trip: random
road signs that made me smile.  The
original Sharpie pen drawing needed
some color...




so a few additions of watercolor
seemed in order.




April is International Fake Journal Month.
If you'd like to see my 2015 Fake Journal, 
and see what my Fake character is doing,
It's an experiment in trying to create
art in a different way...in ways that I
don't normally work...with a personality
that isn't my own...different characteristics
and ways of working. It's harder than
it sounds!  My own biases and
preferences keep creeping in...




Linking up with Elizabeth and Bleubeard for
their T Tuesday blog party, in which we 
share 'what we're up to,' what beverage we
are drinking (it doesn't have to be tea, but it is
a prominent theme) and general shenanigans.
My morning beverage is usually coffee with
chocolate added. But wouldn't a 
Mad Tea Party be fun!?



Some days I think
"We're all mad here."
And that's just fine...
it's not boring.
What are you up to?

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Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Coming Into Focus



Week 12 of the Documented Life Project-
the Journal.  Focal Point was the
challenge for the week. The dictionary defines
the Focal Point as the center of attention.
I tried to create the most detail in the
lily bloom, and high contrast between 
the background and the lily, in order to
 lead your eye to focus on it. 




Theoretically, the other shapes
 and spaces in the picture plane should
lead your eye around and back to the
focal point.  That's the definition I 
remember from art class. But most 
of the time I am not thinking about
those technical details when I make
a drawing. I just realize when the
drawing 'needs something.'
I also 'filtered out' extra details, as 
there were other stems in this 
potted lily, but I chose to draw 
just one plant.
  



The facing page, above.  You can always
use your own hand for a model! I have
rather small hands and short fingers,
but this does seem a bit distorted.





Linking up with Elizabeth for 
T Tuesday, and sharing my favorite
coffee cup.  I really need to do some
more cup drawings, and have been
thinking of comparing shapes of
coffee cup handles. I wonder how
long it will take for me to get 
'round to it?!



International Fake Journal Month
began on April 1, and I would love to 
have you visit my fake journal blog:
I pretend to be someone else, who
 makes an art journal that is different
from the art I would normally create.
 Stop by and see if you can guess
what my character is like, and
what he/she does for a living.

"An artist paints with his brains
and not with his hands."
~Michelangelo