Birds and a Mandala

Well, this is certainly a modge-podge!  I've been holding off on drawing over this - just seeing what would happen.  The original picture on the right hand page of the bird was what sparked a bird theme.  I got some bird stamps, washi tape and used up an old Stampin'Up! decor elements wall sticker.  The blues came from excess paint from other projects so that was the reason I added blue to the mandala.

Create something everyday!

Joan

Reused Calendar Bits

I finally got around to creating a art journaling page using pieces from a calendar I've enjoyed this year. I got a bit daring this time too and expanded the paint for this particular spread onto the underlying pages.  You can see a bit of a black and white page underneath, but I've covered two additional pages with the greens and oranges.  We'll see what comes to pass when I start working on those pages.

Create something everyday!

Joan

Found Paper Books

I've been busy lately binding found paper books - I created all the signatures at the same time, but I'm taking my time with the covers.  

The background for this one - the stones - is a paper napping, and the keys are tissue paper; except for the "real" one that I attached with a ribbon so it moves.

Lots more paper napkins used here, a bit of washi tape and some letter stickers.

Create something everyday.

Joan

Zigzags and Quotes

Daily Paper Prompt - Day 65 - Wax Resist

I used a white crayon to create the zig zag lines.  Down in the left corner there had been a stamped image of diamonds - I coloured them in so they'd show through a bit.  Next I good some watercolours the same colours as the stamped diamonds and went to town in zigzaggy sorts of strokes.

It was a busy day, and I hadn't worked in my quote book for quite a while - in fact I had started the vine at the top of the page on an earlier day.  

Doodled Stencil

I have had this background in my little "fire book" for a long time - the turquoise background that has a bit of fleck in it and the stencilled green leaves.  I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with it.  Covering it with a mandala didn't seem right - so I decided to fill the leaves in with different zentangles.  It's always good to practice and try new zentangles.  

Create soemthing everyday.

Joan

Circular Zentangles

I've been working on this piece for a long long time!  I painted some of the circles this past summer when I was arting with Emily Lagore on afternoon.  The page is out of an Eric Carle book and expands just as far in the other direction in another section of my book.  It was fun and hard deciding what to draw in each of the sections.  I've broken the sections down for you here….and then added a photo of the whole spread.

If you look carefully, you can see the dragon peeking from underneath the designs.

Create something every day.

Joan

Zentangles and Swirls

Thought it was time I tried a few new zentangles …..there are so many to choose from!  The background for this page was leftover paint from another project.

Bit by bit my little 6x6 zentangle book is filling up.  I added a bit of extra stuff to this basic tangle….that's what so fun about them - you can start out with something basic and flourish it for yourself.

I did this while sitting in a waiting room.  I quite like the movement the lines create!

Create something everyday - and add some of your own flare.

Broken Mandalas

Playing some catch-up with art I've done since the end of October.  My little 6x6 "Fire book" is getting filled up quite nicely.  With this mandala I'm experimenting with not having all of my lines touching…..gives it a different look.

I've been waiting a long time to work on this particular background.  It's made of tape strips  from left over gelli print paint.  I loved how they showed up on the black paper.

This is in a different book - I have a number of photos I took at the Louvre that I'm going to use for gell transfers.  I'm happy with the way these two turned out because sometimes I rub too hard!  

Daily Paper Prompt #64 - Contour Drawing.

This took a bit of practice - drawing a face without lifting the pen from the page AND without opening your eyes.  She looks a bit angry!  I added some flowers at the bottom in a continuous line too.

Create something you've never tried today.

Joan

Bold Patterns

This is a piece I did for Tangents and Tactics "Bold Patterns".  It was fun to create little designs on small pieces of card stock and then "quilt" them into my book; overlapping or cutting as needed.  This page actually came before one I've already posted HERE.

Both of them were fun to do.

Create designs on small pieces and then block them together.  Create everyday!

Joan

October Mandalas

I haven't posted for a while, but I have been busy doing things - mostly.  These three pieces were for a Daily Paper Prompt "Random Acts of Art".  The backgrounds are from gelli prints I did quite a while ago.  I cut them into 6x6 squares, drew mandalas and then cut them in half again.  I will be leaving little notes on them and then leaving them around my community.

Create something and then share it with a stranger….

Have fun,

Joan