• Art - Blog

    Only darkness

    September 16, 2015 - By 

    I’m linking up today with Art Journal Journey.  This month’s theme is Through My Window.

    I wasn’t sure I was going to play along with the theme this month. It didn’t really speak to me. But as I was searching through my bin of found text, this sentence appeared at my finger tips.

    AJJ: Only darkness art journal page | Halle's Hobbies

    Generally I don’t work backward like this. Usually I create the spread then finish with words.

    I began with a crazy paint splattered background that was super ugly. To many colors that didn’t quite mesh. But this often lends itself to depth in a page when adding layers.

    I had intended on only using paint for the page but It became clear to me that having more texture would be the way to go.

    AJJ: Only darkness art journal page | Halle's Hobbies

    Since I was going all in with texture I decided to keep my color palette small.

    AJJ: Only darkness | Halle's Hobbies

    I’m glad I decided to play along. Challenges have a wonderful way of drawing me out of my comfort zone. It’s strange really that sometimes those are the pieces I’m most proud of at the end of the day.

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  • Blog - Photography

    2015 Summer Photo Scavenger Hunt wrap up

    September 1, 2015 - By 

    Here we are at the end of summer…well, at least the end of the 2015 Summer photo Scavenger hunt hosted by Rinda.

    At my last check in I had over half of the items on the list as well as the alternates.

    2015photo hunt 1

    I am so happy to say that I have completed the list!! Hooray! I love being able to check something off a list. In fact…secret coming…I write stuff on my to-do list after doing it just so I can cross it off. Yeah…I have a problem.

    The remainder of the items are as follows….

    4. People playing a board game or card game

    game time

    a rousing game of Scattergories Categories

    6. A metal bridge

    metal bridge 1

    This first photo was taken while passing a company that builds metal bridges. We passed it at least three times so on the last time I had passed of my phone off for someone to snap the photo at my direction.

    metal bridge 2

    I think this may have been one from that same company in real world use.

    8. Someone “plugged in” to social media

    plugged in

    Sad but true…computer in the van.

    11. A cellular tower or television satellite dish

    cell tower

    Along the interstate…

    14. A traffic signaltraffic signal

    Rural central Minnesota gas station with really old pumps and the craziest items for sale in a convenience store I’ve ever seen. It was like an episode of Hoarders with price tags complete with a literal path to the “customers only” restroom. Yikes!

    15. A flag pole with at least three flags on it

    three flags

    Ok I’m taking a little liberty with this one…but it was REALLY HARD to find.

    18. An overloaded truck, car, bicycle or other vehicle

    overloaded 1

    Two examples on the interstate…The first some big piece of farm equipment

    overloaded 2

    And this one was just crazy and freaked me out when it came into view. I saw this white truck in my lane ahead of me suddenly.  AWH!!!! But it was being towed by another truck piggy backing on the lead truck.  WHAT?!?!  I’ve never seen anything like that before.

    Photos taken while on the road were taken by my kids…thanks you two!!  Safety first. 🙂

    21. A photograph of you with a sign reading “2015 Summertime Photography Scavenger Hunt”. Note: you may not use a substitute for this item.

    sign

    This was great fun! I’m already looking forward to playing along next year! Special thanks to Rinda for once again hosting this great summer challenge.

  • Art - Blog

    Time to go

    August 23, 2015 - By 

    Nothing like waiting to the last minute or the final hour to work on the Art Journal Journey theme for this month… TIME

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    Honestly I wasn’t working directly towards the theme but after placing the focal image down the idea that she was in a hurry came to mind. Then it was just a point of find the right words to fit her look.

    Time to go Art Journal Journey entry| Halle's Hobbies

    I find it ironic that the happens to be an ermine on the page….part of the weasel family…often associated with being sneaky. Fun how things work out sometimes.