Releasing…twice

One of our projects for the Novel Approach workshop was to create a grudgy background using NeocolorII crayons and covering it with bits of acrylic paint - you can see the scribbles in the background.  Release is my word for the year - so I decided to doodle it onto the page.  I ended up misspelling it - but I was able to sneak the A in and incorporate it into the doodle.  Yay.

I quite enjoy doing these grids with the little pictures I am forever cutting out and keeping.  This was an exercise for our Novel Approach workshop, but instead of just leaving the painted background, which was green in this case, I did a favourite zentangle over top and I quite like the effect.

Try something new from time to time when you create something everyday.

Joan

Neocolor Rainbow Mandala

Played with some ink and Neocolor watercolour crayons.  I know I didn't end up with much of a rainbow effect - I just grabbed crayons and went with it.

First I drew the circle in the middle using some calligraphy ink and a calligraphy pen.  The ink dried too quickly for me to smudge it right away - I redrew the lines at the end and after each line I drew my finger down the line or wiped the ink to the side before it dried.  It looks much more interesting with the lines smudged than cleanly drawn.

Experiement and create something everyday.

Joan

Maps, Happiness and Gargoyles

Prompt #16 of Prompt60 was altered maps.  I've always loved maps and learned to be the navigator while traveling with my Poppa.  I've added a Stampin'Up! globe stamp and blue ink around the rough edges of each paper.

I was glad to have some black Gesso on hand because that was to be the base of this prompt which was a recipe or list of something.  I decided to follow Tammy's example of a recipe for happiness.  The stamp is one of the ones we have at Stampin'Up! right now - I love it and will be keeping it when it gets  retired.  

I covered the black gesso with a bit of white in the middle, where I would be doing writing and adding colour.  I stamped the image and wrote out my list before added rainbow colours with Neocolor II water soluble crayons.  I doodled some white "things" and the beautiful circle is one from a number that Emily Lagore shared with Allison and I on our visit.  I love how it pops off the page.

This prompt was to concentrate on neutral colours.  When Tammy mentioned greys I immediately thought of the gargoyles on Notre Dame.  So I pulled out a photocopy of one of my gargoyle photos.  I simply played around with black,  Payne's Grey and a bit of brown and let the water and watercolour paper do the rest.  Once it was dried I did a gel transfer of the photocopy so that the watercolour would show through.

That's it for today - sorry I got behind in posting.

Create something everyday,

Joan