Day 9...Art Every Day Month

Surprise, surprise - I changed it again! Now, I can finally leave it alone. It was just seeming too matchy, matchy or organized...something!



The first page, I added some more designs to it since it just felt a little too blah. Then I discovered, if I put tape on the book pages that were glued on and pulled it off it would give it "aged" look, which interestingly enough became the theme for the pages!



The second page, I didn't like how my quote looked, so I tore it off. It made an interesting design underneath by pulling off some of the color and paper. I then re-wrote my quote with more whimsical, free flowing lettering.



Here is a close up of my quote "life is the art of drawing without an eraser". In the close up, you can see I have added "reclaiming my creative spirit" to my sword that is piercing a large heart.



And, finally, I used the reverse side of the original quote that I ripped off my page to re-do "my journey begins here...". When I turned over the paper I had removed from the page, it had an aged textured to it, so I put it to good use.



What do you think? I dig it! :-)

Day 7...Art Every Day Month

Let me just say, I'm SO excited that I've posted 7 days of art! Last year I signed up for the AEDM challenge, and that's as far as I got - signing up.

The gesso dried and I did add some words to my Knight. I have posted a close up so you can see some of the them - Faith, Courage & Inspiration - things I definitely need with my art...and life!

Two other little things I added to my journal page...

What's next? Hmmmm...can't wait to see!

and, "my journey begins here..." - ONWARD!

Day 6...Art Every Day Month

Today is "Constructing Your Soul Armor" for our journals. This poses the question - what does your creative spirit NEED more of to be nourished & protected? We were to find a Knight in Armor to protect us on our journey and incorporate the words we feel we need to protect and nourish us on this page.

The Knight in Armor I chose was riding a horse with a long javlin. I added the definition of "inspire" to my page (recycled from a card a friend has made for me) and the quote from my blog. I love this comparison of art & life in this quote!!

I used markers to make my Knight more colorful and used gesso to white out some areas to add my words. (Note to self - need new markers!) Sadly, several of my markers have dried up...a sign that I have not been using them!

Here is my Knight & Pg. 2 as I wait for the gesso to dry to add my words...

Day 5...Art Every Day Month

Ch-ch-ch-changes...seems to be the theme for the first page of my art journal. It has went under a metomorphisis to become "like me", but now, I feel it's more of what I was envisioning! It still seems like I could do more, but it can continue to be a work in process as I go along (kinda like me:)!

I found this art quote and need to keep it in mind when creating...it's not about being perfect - once again, that is why I chose the title to my blog - a lesson to be learned and embraced.

“Creativity means letting go of trying to be ‘perfect.’ It means being willing to be wild, silly, and downright outrageous.” -Christine Mason Miller

On Sarah's soul journaling site(www.souljournaling.com) she says it all so "perfectly"...

"Allow your art to be silly. Allow your art to be ugly... ugly doesn’t mean it is bad. Art doesn’t have to be pretty, impress your friends, or match your bedroom set. Allow your art to be whatever it wants to be. Only when you listen to that “true” voice will your art begin to come alive."

I think I'm being told something!! :-)

Here - once again - is Page 1 of my journal...

Day 4...Art Every Day Month

Ok...I wasn't really feeling the first page of my journal. On the soul journaling site, Sarah states "I want anyone who picks this book up to know WHO it belongs to. This is YOUR book!!" Soooo, today I started over and it seems more "me".

I went to the store and found a used book with pages that were yellowed - loving the color - or discoloration. I thought about adding a real light coat of gesso, but I really like the look of the pages. Maybe a brown wash? I think I'm going to look at it awhile and see what I think I should do next. Hmmm...what about gray? I'm really into gray these days - love gray, brown & mustard yellow together. A thought.

I will add more tomorrow...