The Story of My Life

A revisit of the journal page style that

I've used quite a lot over the years:

watercolor background, acrylic paints, collage

and mark-making on the borders. I 

like to juxtapose colors and texture.

Then combine with a quote that I like.

Hobonichi pages, not in order, of our 

daily happenings.  Sometimes the colorful

painted papers cover personal things 

that I don't want to share. Other times they

are just there as a border or for color.

Yes, I even talk to myself and remind

myself in these pages what I need to do

to have a better health check-up next time.

I've gained weight over the Pandemic.

Anyone else?

I tend to draw a coffee cup on most

every page...

and lots of doodles.

Mostly daily uninteresting stuff...

but also enjoying the ability to get out

and do some things that we've missed

over the last few months.

Hope you've had the opportunity to 

spend time with people you love,

and maybe even enjoy an 

ice-cream cone!

Thanks for stopping by!

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You can also see my art work on Instagram

www.instagram.com/dbcarey_2000

Art Journal Pages: Drawing my Food

Everyone draws their food when they go 

to a restaurant, don't they?!  One of the

waitresses came over to see what I was 

working on, but I had barely started drawing

my red water glass.  I think she remembered

me from when I drew the turtle planter in 

their restaurant...

The table top presented difficulties.  It was

a carved surface with glass over it.  Glass is

always a challenge, with shadows, reflections,

and whatever is sitting on it...hopefully you

get the idea.  I really could have eaten that

whole basket of chips by myself!

Drawing in Sharpie pen, with watercolor

pencil and water applied after I returned home.

More pages in the 

"On Again~Off Again Journal...

I take along my art bag when we are taking

a road trip.  Hubby drives, and I happily 

paste scraps of paper and doodles into

whatever journal happens to fit into the

stuffed bag.  My watercolor pencils, water brush,

and Sharpie pen are necessities,

and a few highlighter markers wouldn't

go amiss either. They can brighten up

a page considerably!

Above, the atc I sent to Elizabeth,

made from some of my doodle-painted

paper, and a little tea cup that I drew

and glued onto the background.

It felt good to make some mini~art!

You may have noticed that I added a 

new page to this blog for Tutorials.

  To go to the Tutorials page, 

click on the tea cup at the top

of the side bar on the right.

There are only a few tutorials so far, but I 

hope to add more. Stay tuned!

Linking up for the T Tuesday

blog hop over at 

Bleubeard and Elizabeth's.

There's always time for tea!

Pink Journal Completed

The little pink journal that had 

just 24 pages, is complete...

here are some pages that have

been posted on the blog in the past.

The "barracuda" page is my favorite...

I have left these drawings (above) without color,

but am not sure I will be able to resist adding it.

The detail of a statue (right) is drawn from an art history

textbook...such a serene expression on this queen.

She looks very Buddha-like...

Slay your dragon, whatever it may be...

jump in and make art!

Art Journal Faces and Folk Art

Art journal pages created with

scraps of lined paper and maps

as the background for drawings and

an Artchix paper doll.

Collage made from

more scraps and the paper doll,

with magazine text and a 

vintage advertising image.

Art journal page:

Scraps of one of my ink drawings that

was photocopied and cut up. The 

image of the girl may be from

Artchix, but I am not sure...

You can use almost anything in
your art journal pages...

Magazine images and paper scraps

with my drawing/watercolor.

Subdued shades of watercolor

inspired by  a vintage photo.

Collage using

more scraps of drawings and watercolors,

this time brightly colored doodles...

A sketch:

I've told myself that I need to do

more sketching this year. Toddlers are

a challenging subject as they don't 

stand still much! Caught this pose

while she was watching tv.

When I want to do a quick 

journal page, a folk art flower

and a quick quote or thought

make a satisfying exercise...

Many of Emily Dickinson's poems

are quite sad, but this excerpt

speaks to me of brighter moments.

Listen for the song of hope

in your heart, and in your art!

Collage Fodder

Painted cardstock to be used as collage fodder-
watercolor and gel pen.
These will probably be torn or cut
and applied to collages...
maybe art journal pages, atc's, moo cards,
or in whatever project they can add
some color and texture.
copyright Dianne Bishop Carey 2009