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

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