Surrendering Fears

I completed this little page after reading the second chapter of "Taking Flight" which was entitled "Facing your fears".  Not really about life fear, but about the fears you have about doing your art.  Her dress is made out of a leftover paper towel from the Art after Dark I was at a couple weeks ago. The substrate is the cardboard from a discarded condensed Reader's Digest and I added gold foil to her wings.  I'm enjoying g working on these little boards.

Write down your own fears and then write down how you could surrender them or overcome them, because we should all try to….

Create something everyday.

Joan

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

Abstract Girl

This abstract girl is for the Tangents & Tactics series I'm doing with Tammy at Daisy Yellow.  I practised drawing some quick faces last week - and then added a face to a background that I already had in one of my books.

I didn't have the high flow acrylics that Tammy suggested - so I used my Stampin'Up! reindeers.  They worked differently because they are ink instead of paint - but the effect is similar.  It took them FOREVER to dry, and when I spritzed them they bled together nicely.  I added some white strands to the hair to help with the definition.

My only regret is the chunk of washi tape on her chin! But it was on  the page already.

Hope your day is fab!

Create something abstract today.

Joan

Quickly Drawn Faces

I've got a couple of things on the go right now….things I started working on in Banff this past weekend, but want to clean up - or finish up before I post them.

On top of that, I had to do this little piece before working on my next Tangents & Tactics piece.  I was suppose to divide a card into little squares (I used a half sheet of card stock) and then fill each square quickly with little faces.  It was fun to do - but a bit hard to figure out how to not let them all look the same.  Practise, practise, practise!

I realize I'm behind on my Daily Paper Prompts too - trying to find a day just to spend arting.  It will come….eventually.

Hope your day is going well.

Create some faces today.

Joan