I’m currently playing catch-up with online journal prompts from Art to the 5th Academy for the Documented Life Project (2015). This is week 9.
Art Challenge: Using at least five layers
Journal Prompt: “Give Me a High Five”
Layers included collage, acrylic paints, intense ink pencils, stamps, stencils, paint splatters, doodles, calligraphy ink (gold – too bad it doesn’t show up in the pic; it’s really sparkly!).
Summer 2015.
We live on an acreage, and I delight in discovering the multitude of critters – big and small – that visit us on a regular basis. Maybe not really visiting; after all they do live here. I’m just happy that they come out of hiding once in awhile so I can “meet” them in “person”.
Here’s a fuzzy yellow caterpillar that found its way onto the back porch. No idea what kind of butterfly or moth it will grow up to be (if you have any idea, please feel free to share!). It was on the move, and this is the last of it before it went over the deck railing.
Another journal page. Aluminum background; collage, acrylics and inks. The foil was a pain to work with, but I really like the end result.
I’ll probably never use this technique again.
Another journal entry. Playing with mixed media and textures (inks, stamps, stencils, collage).
There are a couple of storage “pockets” behind the single flowers (top R, bottom L) for journaling notes.
Journal Entry: Mixed media.
The main (centre) piece is an envelope that I have tucked notes into (sometimes I don’t want my written thoughts to be visible).
Ladybug. Voracious eater of aphids. Friend of the Garden.
There is beauty in everything – even Death. It just requires a shift in perception.
August 1, 2015.
Recent doodle page in my journal: my hands.
I haven’t picked up knitting needles in awhile; the last time I did, I created this blanket for a very dear friend in the UK.
I’ve been keeping written journals for a very long time. Rarely did I insert anything artsy – maybe the odd newspaper article, magazine pic, or doodle. Once in awhile I was inspired to draw … as I did here. Just ink on paper, and colored pencils for the flowers. My inspiration here came from a book on Unicorns. I like Unicorns…
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