LifeBook 2014 week 37

This art journal page was inspired by Carissa Page's lesson for LifeBook 2014 that combined collage images into a figure.  I found my images in magazines and used them to represent her thoughts.

48 weeks: week 36

For this spread in my 48 weeks journal I drew a bird with inspiration from Googled images of starlings.  They have such beautiful highlight marks on their feathers.  I chose to make my bird blue instead of black like a starling to contrast with the yellow and orange splatters in the background.

The Documented Life Project week 38

This week's prompt for the Documented Life Project was to use a feather on your page. I used a stamp from Alisa Burke on top of painted vintage ledger paper.

The Documented Life Project week 37

This week's prompt for the Documented Life Project was to use a white pen prominently.  I had fun doing filled circle doodles with a white gel pen.

48 weeks: week 35

This 48 weeks journal page was fun to paint - the birds emerged from the background as I painted around them.

Compendium of Curosities Vol. 3 Challenge Week No. 17

This is my project for the 17th CC3 Challenge this time around sponsored by Inspiration Emporium.  The page used in Tim's book is page 60 - "woodlands and tinsel twine".  I made a faux altered book structure - you know, the one in which no actual books were harmed ; - )

I used old 7Gypsies book boards from my stash and created a deep niche. Then I cut a door in the front and when you open it.........

.....you can see my scene of a little girl decorating her Christmas tree.

This picture is to try to show you the depth of the book/box.

And finally, one last close-up:

I've done these structures on my blog before; if you're interested there's a French themed one HERE and a steampunk version HERE.  I even have a tutorial for the structure HERE and in the November 2013 Craft Stamper magazine.

LifeBook 2014 week 36

This page is inspired by Tam Laporte's LifeBook 2014 lesson where you created a busy background and then doodled on top.  I created a portrait on top of my background using a stabilo pencil.  I continue to love the shadowing you get just by adding water to the pencil lines - the stabilo really is a magic pencil!

48 weeks: week 34

Here's another 48 weeks journal page with flowers that are finger-painted to achieve a cool textural look and then more raised texture is added with modeling paste through a script stencil. I also like the subtle coloring of the background achieved by painting with a color and white just slightly mixed together - it adds so much more depth than just using one color.

The Documented Life Project week 36

This week's Documented Life Project challenge was black and white and since I was in a face mood again, I drew one using a white Conte crayon and a white charcoal pencil onto a black gessoed page. I liked the negative effect.

The Documented Life Project week 35

This time the challenge for the Documented Life Project was to add a face.  I did this face right after classes with Dina Wakley so I used a stabilo pencil activated with water over a messy, painted Dina-style background.  Trying to work more with three-quarter views as I find them more interesting.