I’m playing along with Art Journal Journey again. The theme is masculine/feminine.
I started this background for a different challenge then abandoned it as it wasn’t going the direction I had envisioned. This gave me a great starting point to draw a face.
I’m certainly not great at faces but drawing with the eyes closed certainly helps. The way I figure is if I keep trying they’ve got to improve over time!
I added some paper and fabric collage with some found text to balance out the pages.
Hazzah! I finally completed this page. You can’t even imagine how many layers and colors are under this background or how many times I have walked away from this page in disgust. Believe it or not this page started out all cool pastels. I just couldn’t get myself to like it. Yellow isn’t my usual color either but it just felt right. Now I have to say that I love this page.
Happy Mother’s Day!!
There is a chill in the air again after a gorgeous day yesterday. Wishing for another day influenced my journal page.
Random bits of this and that make up this page. I attempted to use some ancient rub-ons for background interest. A few bees were the most successful. Lesson learned with rub-ons. Use them when you get them…don’t hang on to them for years and years then expect them to still work.
The quote is from a vellum sheet I had laying around. I’m working on using up some of my orphan bits and pieces. An art journal is the perfect place!
Linking up with Art Journal Journey once again. I can’t say this is a favorite quote but it is a good one.
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