Tangled- on T Tuesday

Couldn't sleep last night.

The "Tangle," above, resulted.

Sharpie extra-fine point marker

 in my 9x12 art journal.

I am itching to add watercolors.

What do you think?

There are videos on YouTube

showing how to draw Celtic knots

and intertwining designs.  A fun

challenge! The 'snakes' above 

came out of one of those videos...

Linking up with Bluebeard & Elizabeth

for T Tuesday...

It has been a Hot Chocolate Kind of week

here in Ohio...freezing cold! So I need

something to warm me up...

like warm colors, for instance.

Red, yellow and orange are warm

colors.  Page in my Documented Life

day planner/art journal.

A Quote to Celebrate the Fourth of July

"Labor to keep alive

in your breast

that little spark

of celestial fire called

conscience."

~George Washington

 

Culture is when...

"Culture is when 

your mom drags you to the

art museum." -- my son, around age 10.

 Right, above- The Insect Chorus, 1917 by

Charles Burchfield, clipped from an old

Vogue magazine. An interesting article

about his work is here.  The swirls of trees

and nature look so modern for 1917...

I should be doing laundry, dishes, 

or cleaning house.  Instead, I am

pasting bits into my

green eco Smash Book.

What will you cut, paste, 

or draw today?

Seize the Day

Pages in the Bits and Pieces visual art journal:

Collages from scraps of painted paper 

and assorted papers. I especially like the 

little tab that I made (right) from a scrap of 

watercolor paper doodles.

Left, 'Pink' is an extra 4x4 from a swap in 2008.

Right, another collage of scraps with magazine word.

It is a happy circumstance when you run across

art work in the studio (ok, stuffed away in nooks & crannies)

that you had forgotten about.  These hearts in acrylic paint

were successful pieces,
but they are small: about 3 1/2 inches.
I didn't know what I wanted to do with them...

When I ran across them again, I realized

they would be perfect for art journal pages!

Collaged from acrylic and watercolor paintings.

Have you tried doing an entire page of doodles

or abstract shapes in bright colors? Tear them up

and they make wonderful collage ephemera!

Maybe the 'tearing up part' is difficult at first,

but also freeing in a way...try it!

An index card with a Monet quote...found on 

Lynne Hoppe's blog. I don't remember seeing this

quote before, but it expresses the frustration that

many artists feel. Critics make a living of 

'evaluating and critiquing' art works. Monet 

just wanted people to enjoy his work.

An excellent goal indeed.

Vision

Art journal entry in the 9" x 7" book I made
from watercolor paper. This spread includes
a flap on the left that folds in.
Border from scraps of hand-painted & stamped
papers, stickers, postage stamp, and pen drawing.
White gel pen used to color in the
tree trunks...inspired by some trees not far
from our house...

Art Colors Life

Art journal page:
watercolor and sharpie marker.
Design inspired by Kandinsky's
Red Spot II, 1921.